Clé Lesger is Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His research interests include the organization of early modern trade; the spatial economy of the Low Countries; the history of migration; and urban land use and the spatial structure of cities.

’This important study offers a radical reinterpretation of both the causes and nature of Amsterdam's trading success in the seventeenth century... Taken as a whole, this is a valuable [...] contribution to the debate on the causes and nature of Amsterdam's rise and, more generally, of the economic success of the Dutch Republic as a whole.’ English Historical Review ’This is an an extremely rich book, a pleasure to read and a very stimulating experience.’ Economic History Review ’Not everyone will agree with all of Lesger’s arguments, but this book deserves to be, from now on, the first one that everyone reads.’ European History Quarterly

• Contents: Preface; Introduction. Part I Trade in Amsterdam and the Spatial Economy of the Low Countries: The spatial economy of the Low Countries around the middle of the 16th century; Continuity and change in the gateway system c.1550-c.1630; Commercial expansion in Amsterdam and changes in the spatial economy of the Low Countries during the Revolt; Established merchants and newcomers in Amsterdam. Part II Amsterdam and the Organization of Trade in the Early Modern Period: Amsterdam and the organization of trade; Amsterdam as a centre of information supply. Summary and conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Indexes.

Clé Lesger is Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His research interests include the organization of early modern trade; the spatial economy of the Low Countries; the history of migration; and urban land use and the spatial structure of cities.

’This important study offers a radical reinterpretation of both the causes and nature of Amsterdam's trading success in the seventeenth century... Taken as a whole, this is a valuable [...] contribution to the debate on the causes and nature of Amsterdam's rise and, more generally, of the economic success of the Dutch Republic as a whole.’ English Historical Review ’This is an an extremely rich book, a pleasure to read and a very stimulating experience.’ Economic History Review ’Not everyone will agree with all of Lesger’s arguments, but this book deserves to be, from now on, the first one that everyone reads.’ European History Quarterly

• Contents: Preface; Introduction. Part I Trade in Amsterdam and the Spatial Economy of the Low Countries: The spatial economy of the Low Countries around the middle of the 16th century; Continuity and change in the gateway system c.1550-c.1630; Commercial expansion in Amsterdam and changes in the spatial economy of the Low Countries during the Revolt; Established merchants and newcomers in Amsterdam. Part II Amsterdam and the Organization of Trade in the Early Modern Period: Amsterdam and the organization of trade; Amsterdam as a centre of information supply. Summary and conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Indexes.

Clé Lesger is Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His research interests include the organization of early modern trade; the spatial economy of the Low Countries; the history of migration; and urban land use and the spatial structure of cities.

’This important study offers a radical reinterpretation of both the causes and nature of Amsterdam's trading success in the seventeenth century... Taken as a whole, this is a valuable [...] contribution to the debate on the causes and nature of Amsterdam's rise and, more generally, of the economic success of the Dutch Republic as a whole.’ English Historical Review ’This is an an extremely rich book, a pleasure to read and a very stimulating experience.’ Economic History Review ’Not everyone will agree with all of Lesger’s arguments, but this book deserves to be, from now on, the first one that everyone reads.’ European History Quarterly

• Contents: Preface; Introduction. Part I Trade in Amsterdam and the Spatial Economy of the Low Countries: The spatial economy of the Low Countries around the middle of the 16th century; Continuity and change in the gateway system c.1550-c.1630; Commercial expansion in Amsterdam and changes in the spatial economy of the Low Countries during the Revolt; Established merchants and newcomers in Amsterdam. Part II Amsterdam and the Organization of Trade in the Early Modern Period: Amsterdam and the organization of trade; Amsterdam as a centre of information supply. Summary and conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Indexes.