An Economic and Social History of the Netherlands, 1800-1920: Demographic, Economic and Social Transition

by Michael Wintle

Overview

This book provides a comprehensive account of Dutch history in the "long" nineteenth century. In this fascinating and instructive period the country saw extremely rapid population growth, awesome death rates, staggering fertility, some of the fastest economic growth in the world, a uniquely large and efficient service sector, a vast and profitable overseas empire, and relative tolerance. This is the only single-authored book currently available on this crucial period of Dutch history, and it will be of central importance to Dutch specialists, as well as European historians more generally.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521782951
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/21/2000
Series:	Social History Series
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.94(d)
Lexile:	1690L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

List of plates; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; General introduction; Part I. Demography and the Health of the Nation: 1. Demographic indicators; 2. The condition of the people: public health, diet and nutrition; Part II. Economic Transition: Introduction; 3. Economic performance and industrialization: the Dutch debate; 4. Factor inputs: labour, capital, materials; 5. Economic influences: entrepreneurship, technology and government policy; 6. Sectoral analysis; 7. Features of demand; 8. Economic transition: conclusion; Part III. Social Transition: State, Society, Individual and Nation: Introduction; 9. Authority and representation: the citizen and the state; 10. Education and welfare: empowerment and protection; 11. Loyal subjects: state formation and nation formation; 12. Social groups; General conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...[a] learned, well-documented, and engaging survey. ...a most useful work, and one that all economic historians of this period should own...a most useful and erudite volume." Journal of Modern History

"This book should be the standard reference work in English on the subject of nineteenth-century Dutch economic history ... Wintle's thorough, skillful, and original synthesis of Dutch industrialization, demography, and social conditions is a major contribution to both the English language historiography on the Low Countries and to European economic history in general." Historian

"Drawing on the latest historical research he has provided us with a splendid account of the history of the Netherlands in the nineteenth century. He has told the story and told it well." Martine van Ittersum, Harvard University

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