The "Mother of all trades" : the baltic grain trade in Amsterdam from the late 16th to the early 19th century
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The "Mother of all trades" : the baltic grain trade in Amsterdam from the late 16th to the early 19th century
(The northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 A.D. : peoples, economies and cultures, v. 3)
Brill, 2002
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Bibliography: p. [349]-363
Includes index
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Description
In the early-modern period, the Dutch called the grain trade on the Baltic the 'mother of all trades', as they considered it to be the basis of most of their trade and shipping and indeed the cornerstone of the Dutch economy. For a very long time the mass grain exports from the Baltic were dominated by the Dutch, and
Amsterdam was the central entrepot from which the grain was distributed over the Dutch hinterland and the rest of Europe.
This book aims to present a general history of the 'mother of all trades' and particularly shows the fundamental importance for transaction costs, including the costs for transport, insurance and protection, the quality of the local services sector in Amsterdam, the influence of monetary and mercantile policies, and the efficiency of trade organization.
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
List of tables, graphs, figures and maps
Preface
Introduction
1. Cornelis Pietersz Hooft (1547-1626): booming business in an age of expansion
2. The great waves in the history of Baltic grain exports
3. The Amsterdam entrepot
4. Market organization and enterprises
5. Information and agency
6. The Dutch mercantile marine and transport costs
7. Risks at sea and the Board of Baltic Trade and Shipping
8. The service sector in Amsterdam
9. Willem de Clercq (1795-1844): commission business in heavy weather
Conclusion
Appendices
Abbreviations
Primary sources
Bibliography
Index
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