The Strictures of Inheritance The Dutch Economy in the Nineteenth Century

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Cover Page

Half-title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Introduction: Institutional Change, Nineteenth-Century Growth, and the Early Modern Legacy

Chapter One: The End of the Republic: Adam Smith's ""Stationary State"" and the Enlightened Revolution

The ""Stationary State "" and Historiographical Debate

Technology and Institutions

The Institutional Deficiency of the Republic

United and Indivisible: Centralization and Political Reform Chapter Two: A Complex Legacy Tossed: The Dutch Economy during War and Revolution, 1780-1813

The Legacy: Specialization and Structural Change

Economic Integration and Regional Price Gaps

War and Revolution: Between Stability and Decline

Institutional Rigidities and the Fall of the VOC

The Financial Sector: Debt Accumulation and Capital Exports

Conclusion

Chapter Three: Unification and Secession: The Autocratic Experiment of Willem I, 1813-1840

The New Institutional Framework: The Constitutions of 1814-15

Precarious Consensus: Trade Policy and Public Finance Costly Priorities: Fiscal Policy and Public Debt

The Activist Experiment: Domestic Economic Policy, 1813-30

East Indian Frustration: Colonial Policy, 1813-30

Secession and Renewal of the Colonial Nexus, 1830-40

Chapter Four: Troubled Recovery: Secession, Policy Adjustment, and the Colonial Nexus, 1813-1840

Postwar Instability into Sustained Growth

The Primary Sector: Agriculture and Fisheries

Case Study: The Dissolution of the Commons in the Eastern Provinces

Case Study: Stagnation in the Herring Fishery

Industrial Development Case Study: The Blocked Modernization of the Food Industry

The Services Sector: Differentiated Dynamics

Case Study: The Capital Market as a Bottleneck?

Economic Development and the Autocratic Experiment

Chapter Five: The Liberal Offensive, 1840-1870

Upbeat: The Financial Crisis of 1839-40

The Reorganization of Government Finance

Colonial Policy and the Batig Slot

The Liberalization of Trade Policy

Chapter Six: Market Integration and Restructuring, 1840-1870

The Midcentury Productivity Slowdown

Agriculture: From Potato Famine to Export Boom Services as Leading Sector

Case Study: The Integration of the Coal Market

Case Study: Currency Reform and the Integration of the Capital Market

Case Study: Integration and Communications

Slowdown into Acceleration: Industrial Performance

Case Study: The Rise of the Factory

The Labor Market: From Urban Crisis to Structural Change

Conclusion

Chapter Seven: Emancipation, Pluralism, and Compromise: Toward the Politics of Accommodation, 1870-1913

The ""Social Question,"" Pillarization, and Civilization

Collective Action and the Gestation of a New Corporatism