The 'Mother of All Trades' : : The Baltic Grain Trade in Amsterdam from the Late 16th to the Early 19th Century /

The 'Mother of All Trades' : : The Baltic Grain Trade in Amsterdam from the Late 16th to the Early 19th Century / / Milja van Tielhof.

This book aims to present a general history of the Amsterdam grain trade on the Baltic in the early-modern period, and concentrates particularly on the development and role of transaction costs.

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Superior document:The Northern World Series ; Volume 3
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Tielhof, M. van 1963-
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2002]
©2002
Year of Publication:2002
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Northern world.
Physical Description:1 online resource (421 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of illustrations
  • Lists of tables, graphs, figures, and maps
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The 'mother of all trades'
  • 2. A global chronology of the Baltic grain trade
  • 3. The approach used in this study: the role of transaction costs
  • 4. Structure of the book
  • Chapter One Cornells Pietersz Hooft (1547-1626): booming business in an age of expansion
  • 1. A chronicle of his life
  • 2. The business of Cornells Pietersz Hooft
  • 3. Hooft's ideas about economic policy
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Two The great waves in the history of Baltic grain exports
  • 1. The Sound Toll Tables: the Baltic historian's Bible
  • 2. An age of expansion (1540-1650)
  • 3. A period of contraction (1650-1760)
  • 4. Renewed growth (1760-1800)
  • 5. Marginalization (1800-1860)
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Three The Amsterdam entrepôt
  • 1. Amsterdam as an entrepôt for Baltic grain
  • 2. Bread consumption in the Dutch Republic
  • 3. The importance of Baltic grain to the Dutch food supply
  • 4. Politics favouring the entrepôt
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Four Market organization and enterprises
  • 1. A free market
  • 2. Number and size of the enterprises involved in Baltic trade
  • 3. A characterization of the enterprises
  • 4. The role of foreign enterprises
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Five Information and agency
  • 1. Amsterdam as a centre of information and decision making
  • 2. Post between Holland and the Baltic
  • 3. The Dutch mercantile communities overseas
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Six The Dutch mercantile marine and transport costs
  • 1. Size and composition of the Dutch merchant fleet
  • 2. Competitiveness and profitability of Dutch shipping
  • 3. Determinants of freight costs in the long run: the character of the Baltic trade as an 'inner trade'
  • 4. Determinants of freight costs in the short run.
  • 5. War and peace as determinants of freight costs
  • 6. The weight of transport costs on profit margins
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Seven Risks at sea and the Board of Baltic Trade and Shipping
  • 1. Maritime insurance and other ways to deal with risks at sea
  • 2. A permanent institution to support Baltic trade and shipping
  • 3. Activities of the Board
  • 4. The directors
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Eight The service sector in Amsterdam
  • 1. The grain lightermen
  • 2. The grain carriers
  • 3. The grain measurers and setters
  • 4. Storage and maintenance of grain
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Nine Willem de Clercq (1795-1844): commission business in heavy weather
  • 1. A chronicle of his life
  • 2. An analysis of the firm of S &amp
  • P de Clercq
  • 3. Willem de Clercq's ideas about trade
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • A. Total Baltic grain exports divided according to sort of grain, 1562-1795
  • B. Baltic rye and wheat exports divided according to port of departure, 1562-1795
  • C. Freight costs
  • Abbreviations
  • Primary sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • The Northern World.

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