The Rise of Commercial Empires: England and the Netherlands in the Age of Mercantilism, 1650-1770

David Ormrod (University of Kent, Canterbury)

The Rise of Commercial Empires: England and the Netherlands in the Age of Mercantilism, 1650-1770
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
13 March 2003
Pages
420
ISBN
9780521819268

The Rise of Commercial Empires: England and the Netherlands in the Age of Mercantilism, 1650-1770

David Ormrod (University of Kent, Canterbury)

This analysis of a crucial transformation in the history of world trade reveals how London and its surroundings grew during the eighteenth century to become the first true entrepot. The city developed a new kind of commercial structure sharply distinct from that of Holland and Amsterdam during the seventeenth century.

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