Cities of Commerce: The Institutional Foundations of International Trade in the Low Countries, 1250-1650

by Oscar Gelderblom

Book Overview

Cities of Commerce develops a model of institutional change in European commerce based on urban rivalry. Cities continuously competed with each other by adapting commercial, legal, and financial institutions to the evolving needs of merchants. Oscar Gelderblom traces the successive rise of Bruges, Antwerp, and Amsterdam to commercial primacy between 1250 and 1650, showing how dominant cities feared being displaced by challengers while lesser...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691142882
• ISBN13: 9780691142883
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"