Overview

In Dutch Deltas, Werner Scheltjens examines the emergence, functions and structure of the Low Countries’ maritime transport system between ca. 1300 and 1850. Scheltjens introduces the delta as a suitable geographical unit of analysis for understanding the regional economic origins of communities of maritime transporters. The author proves that changes in maritime trade networks and in the structure of regional economies entailed a process of specialisation, which led to the emergence of ‘professional’ maritime transport communities and the development of an integrated maritime transport market with Amsterdam and Rotterdam as its main centres. Dutch Deltas offers the first comprehensive study of the economic geography of the Low Countries’ maritime transport sector and its long-term development between 1300 and 1850.

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Author:   Werner Scheltjens
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.658kg
ISBN:  

9789004273061

ISBN 10:   9004273069
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   17 July 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface ... vii List of Illustrations ... x List of Abbreviations ... xiv Introduction ... 1 Historiography ... 1 Deltas ... 8 Sources ... 11 Conversion ... 16 Name Matching ... 23 1 Locations ... 27 Overview ... 27 Rise and Fall ... 30 Before 1400 ... 31 1400-1500 ... 35 1500-1600 ... 41 1600-1700 ... 47 1700-1800 ... 58 Conclusions ... 64 2 Functions ... 66 Method ... 66 Transport Market Integration ... 72 The Port System of the Dutch Deltas in a European Context ... 83 Conclusions ... 89 3 Production ... 91 The Production of Grain Transport Services ... 91 The Spatial Structure of Grain Transport Services ... 107 Group 1 ... 112 Group 2 ... 118 Group 3 ... 122 Conclusions ... 129 4 Domiciles ... 131 Domicile Ambiguity ... 131 Virtual Migration ... 139 Conclusions ... 144 5 Usances ... 146 Conclusions ... 162 Appendices ... 169 Appendix to Chapter 1 ... 169 Appendix to Chapter 2 ... 224 Appendix to Chapter 3 ... 240 Appendix to Chapter 4: Domicile Ambiguity Matrix ... 290 Bibliography ... 301 Archives ... 301 Primary Sources ... 301 Secondary Literature ... 303 Index ... 318

Reviews

'[The book] is a valuable and original complement to the well-known discourse on Dutch involvement in early modern seaborne trade.' Tijl Vanneste (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), in: Renaissance Quarterly, Volume LXX, No. 2, p. 745-747.

'[The book] is a valuable and original complement to the well-known discourse on Dutch involvement in early modern seaborne trade.' Tijl Vanneste (Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne), in: Renaissance Quarterly, Volume LXX, No. 2, p. 745-747.

Author Information

Werner Scheltjens, Ph.D. (2009), is Assistant Professor at the Chair of Social and Economic History at the University of Leipzig. He has published several peer-reviewed articles on maritime history and is project member at Sound Toll Registers Online.

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