Amsterdam, Antwerp, and Hamburg, 1648–1790
by
Mary Lindemann
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
The Merchant Republics analyzes the ways in which three major economic powerhouses - Amsterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg - developed dual identities as 'communities of commerce' and as republics over the course of the long eighteenth century (c.1648–1790). In addition to discussing the qualities that...