Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. List of tables, graphs and maps 7
4. Abbrevations 8
5. Acknowledgements 9
6. Chapter 1: Introduction 13
7. Chapter 2: Groningen: mutual interests and financial innovation in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 31
8. Chapter 3: Amsterdam: individuals, ineffectual regulations and intricate balances of power in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 61
9. Chapter 4: Rotterdam: commercial and political collusion in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries 159
10. Chapter 5: Conclusion 271
11. Samenvatting (summary in Dutch) 289
12. Archival Sources 303
13. Printed sources and literature 306
14. Index 319