Books by Jonathan I. (Professor of Dutch History and Institutions Israel

Joint winner of the Wolfson Literary Award for History. ...an important book ... will be of extreme value of to all students of early modern Europe...' Lionel Kochan in British Book News .

This is the first general account of Dutch hegemony in trade, shipping, and finance between 1585 and 1740. Professor Israel, the leading historian in this field, uses a wide range of sources to explain why, despite its small size and population, the Dutch Republic functioned as the hub of world trade for nearly two centuries.