The Changing Geography of Demand for Dutch Maritime Transport in the Eighteenth Century
This paper studies the relationship between shipping, merchant business and product supply and demand from an economic-geographical perspective. The case study of grain transportation in the eighteenth century shows that it is established that structural changes in supply and demand led to the emerg...
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| Xuất bản năm: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/histoiremesure, |
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| Định dạng: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Ngôn ngữ: | Anglais |
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Histoire & mesure
2013
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Tóm tắt: | This paper studies the relationship between shipping, merchant business and product supply and demand from an economic-geographical perspective. The case study of grain transportation in the eighteenth century shows that it is established that structural changes in supply and demand led to the emergence of new transportation routes, provoking a shift from a bilateral trade pattern to a diversified pattern involving many locations, none of which were strictly dominant. An attempt is made to explain the effects of these changes on the structure of the Dutch maritime transport sector. Three spatial developments are singled out: (1) a movement from the Dutch North-Western coastline further inland to communities in Southern Frisia, (2) a shift in the organisation of maritime transport from the demand side (primarily Amsterdam) to the supply side of business (the Baltic) and (3) integration of shipping communities located in the Province of Groningen into the Dutch commercial system. |
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