The so-called «First Modern Economy» of the Dutch Republic was largely stagnant between the 1650s and 1770s, apart from the industry that processed colonial raw materials into goods fit for market. This traffieken industry (trafficq) quadrupled its share of the Dutch early modern economy. At least in part, this was due to protectionist policies that made trafficq the «pampered child of trade policy». While most industries and manufacturers could offset some risks through guild memberships, the colonial processing industry operated entirely outside the purview and protection of the guilds. At the same time, colonial processing industry relied on merchants and ships for both its raw materials and connections to markets in the European hinterland. It is therefore all the more surprising that this industry succeeded in influencing and dominating Dutch trade policy.
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Titolo del capitolo
Limiting risks in the Dutch processing industry, 1600-1800
Autori
Joris van den Tol
Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0963-2.10
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Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Gestione del rischio, insolvenza e bancarotta nel mondo premoderno (secc. XIII-XVIII) / Risk management, insolvency, and bankruptcy in the pre-modern world (13th-18th centuries)
Curatori
Angela Orlandi
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Numero di pagine
568
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0963-2
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979-12-215-0962-5
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979-12-215-0963-2
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979-12-215-0964-9
Collana
Datini Studies in Economic History
ISSN della collana
2975-1241
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2975-1195