The Familial State: Ruling Families and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe
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The seventeenth century was called the Dutch Golden Age. Over the course of eighty years, the tiny United Provinces of the Netherlands overthrew Spanish rule and became Europe's dominant power. Eventually, though, Dutch hegemony collapsed as quickly as it had risen. In The Familial State, Julia Adams explores the role that Holland's great families played in this dramatic history. She charts how family patriarchs--who were at the time both...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801474043
ISBN13:9780801474040
Release Date:July 2007
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:252 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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