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2 produkter
Private Entrepreneurship and European Imperialism
Dutch Entrepreneurs in the Scramble for Africa, 1830s-1910s
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
550 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Distinguishing between a state-based ‘Partition of’ and an actor-based ‘Scramble for’ Africa, the book illustrates this process by tracking the entrepreneurial strategy of a group of Dutch entrepreneurs in the Scramble, at a time when the Dutch state itself largely withdrew from the African continent.
Del 15 - Brill's Studies in Maritime History
Power and Pains of Polysemy: Maritime Trade, Averages, and Institutional Development in the Low Countries (15th–16th Centuries)
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
2 197 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Listen to the podcast here.As the fall-out of the Ever Given Suez canal blockage shows, an ancient instrument like General Average (GA) is still highly relevant in redistributing risks and costs in maritime trade. However, bar marine insurance, not much is known about the development of tools of maritime risk management like GA, which redistributes extraordinary costs incurred for the common safety of maritime ventures.This book investigates the development of General Average and other so-called Averages in the Low Countries on the eve of the early modern period, showing how the various varieties of Averages played a significant role in the development of maritime risk management and the broader institutional development in the Low Countries.