A Financial History of the Netherlands [Hardcover]

Overview of the financial history of the Netherlands from the sixteenth century onwards.This book is the first full overview of Dutch financial history from the 16th century to the present day. It is replete with data and figures drawn from fresh research for the key elements which determined the development of public finance, currency and banking. It provides a step-by-step description of the evolution of the financial systems in one of the pioneer countries of the modern finance.This book is the first full overview of Dutch financial history from the 16th century to the present day. It is replete with data and figures drawn from fresh research for the key elements which determined the development of public finance, currency and banking. It provides a step-by-step description of the evolution of the financial systems in one of the pioneer countries of the modern finance.This book is the first full overview of Dutch financial history from the sixteenth century to the present day. It is replete with data and figures drawn from fresh research for the key elements that determined the development of public finance, currency and banking. It provides a step-by-step description of the evolution of the financial systems in one of the pioneer countries of modern finance.List of figures; List of tables; 1. Introduction Marjolein 't Hart, Joost Jonker, and Jan Luiten van Zanden; 2. The merits of financial revolution: public finance 15501700 Marjolein 't Hart; 3. Linking the fortunes: currency and banking 15501800 Pit Dehing and Marjolein 't Hart; 4. From fragmentation to unification: public finance 17001914 Wante Fritschy and Ren? van der Voort; 5. The alternative road to modernity: banking and currency 18141914 Joost Jonker; 6. Old rules, new conditions, 19141940 Jan Luiten van Zanden; 7. Towards a new maturity, 19401990 Jaap Barendregt and Hans Visser; 8. Conclusion Marjolein 't Hart, Joost Jonker, and Jan Luiten van Zanden; Bibliography; Glossary; Index. The detail ofl“Õ