Mehr zum Titel: | Introduction: the Netherlands as point of departure -- The patrimonial nexus and theories of state formation -- State-making, hegemony, and corporate conflict in the Dutch golden age -- The familial state and the rise of the Netherlands -- Patrimonial problems, familial states, and chartered companies in seventeenth-century Europe -- The decline of the Netherlands: "bourgeois betrayal" or patriarchal loyalty? -- France, England, and the enigmatic eighteenth century. Introduction: the Netherlands as point of departure -- The patrimonial nexus and theories of state formation -- State-making, hegemony, and corporate conflict in the Dutch golden age -- The familial state and the rise of the Netherlands -- Patrimonial problems, familial states, and chartered companies in seventeenth-century Europe -- The decline of the Netherlands: "bourgeois betrayal" or patriarchal loyalty? -- France, England, and the enigmatic eighteenth century |
