TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scheltjens,Werner
TI  - Dutch deltas: emergence, functions and structure of the Low Countries' maritime transport system, circa 1300-1850 
T2  - Brill's studies in maritime history,
SN  - 9789004273078
AV  - HE845 .S34 2015eb
U1  - 387.509492 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Leiden
PB  - Brill
KW  - Shipping
KW  - Netherlands
KW  - History
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Benelux countries
KW  - Deltas
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Economic geography
KW  - Economic integration
KW  - Amsterdam (Netherlands)
KW  - Rotterdam (Netherlands)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Locations -- 2 Functions -- 3 Production -- 4 Domiciles -- 5 Usances -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - In Dutch Deltas , Werner Scheltjens examines the emergence, functions and structure of the Low Countries’ maritime transport system between circa 1300 and 1850. Scheltjens introduces the delta as a suitable geographical unit of analysis for understanding the regional economic origins of communities of maritime transporters. The author proves that changes in maritime trade networks and in the structure of regional economies entailed a process of specialisation, which led to the emergence of ‘professional’ maritime transport communities and the development of an integrated maritime transport market with Amsterdam and Rotterdam as its main centres. Dutch Deltas offers the first comprehensive study of the economic geography of the Low Countries’ maritime transport sector and its long-term development between 1300 and 1850
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004273078
ER  -