A 1996 comparative study of the Netherlands from the late sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century.

In the celebrated words of Sir William Temple, the Dutch Republic of the United Provinces was 'th...

Late medieval and early modern cities are often depicted as cradles of artistic creativity and ho...

This book aims at deepening our understanding of concrete, topical developments in the growth of ...

Late medieval and early modern cities are often depicted as cradles of artistic creativity and ho...

This book deals with the economic impact of technological changes and the rise of passenger shipp...

This book deals with the economic impact of technological changes and the rise of passenger shipp...

In Religion, Technology, and the Great and Little Divergences Karel Davids analyses the influence...

Technological leadership is an important topic in economic history and the history of technology....

This book looks to fill the 'blue hole' in Global History by studying the role of the oceans them...