Shopping Spaces and the Urban Landscape in Early Modern Amsterdam, 1550-1850 /

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Author / Creator:	Lesger, Cl. (Clé), author.
Uniform title:	Winkellandschap van Amsterdam. English
Imprint:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
Description:	1 online resource (267 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age Amsterdam studies in the Dutch golden age.
Subject:	Stores, Retail -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History. City planning -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History. Urban landscape architecture -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam. City planning. Commerce. Stores, Retail. Urban landscape architecture. Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Commerce -- History. Netherlands -- Amsterdam. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12542887

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ISBN:	9789048550050 904855005X 9463720626 9789463720625
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Translated from Dutch. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 28, 2020).
Summary:	In this study, the appearance and location of shops in Amsterdam during the early modern period is linked to major changes in the urban economy, the size and socio-spatial distribution of its population, and the structure of the urban grid. Not only is there ample attention for the spatial distribution of shops across the urban landscape, but for the first time it is also accurately charted what the exterior and interior of Amsterdam shops actually looked like and how they changed in the course of the centuries. Partly as a result of this, it has proved possible to give an impression of the ways in which retailers and customers interacted.
Other form:	Print version: Lesger, Clé. Shopping Spaces and the Urban Landscape in Early Modern Amsterdam, 1550-1850. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2020
Standard no.:	10.1515/9789048550050.

Table of Contents:

Intro
Title
Introduction
Preface
Table of contents
Copyright page
1. Shops, markets and the urban landscape in sixteenth-century Amsterdam
Historical background
The location of retail activities: Theory
The urban landscape of Amsterdam in the sixteenth century
The location of shops in the urban landscape
Streets, houses and shops
2. Changing distribution systems: differentiation and specialization in early modern Amsterdam
Distribution systems in the US and England
Distributive trade and distribution in Amsterdam
Combinations of wholesale and retail
3. Shop location patterns in the age of the great urban expansions
A period of dynamism and expansion
Patterns of accessibility in the enlarged city
Shops in the city centre and the new neighbourhoods
The retail landscape of Amsterdam in the seventeenth century
4. The retail landscape and the consumer in the seventeenth century
The street
Shopfronts
Shop interiors
Buying and selling
5. The location of shops in Amsterdam in the mid-eighteenth century
Sources and location patterns: A first exploration
The retail system in the city centre: The main shopping streets
Shops outside the city centre
Forms of accessibility and the urban grid in Amsterdam
6. Stagnation and modernization in Amsterdam's retail sector, 1700-1850
Shops in Britain in the eighteenth century
The number and location of shops in Amsterdam
Urban improvement in Amsterdam
Retail trade practices in Amsterdam
Conclusion: Continuity and change in Amsterdam's retail landscape
Appendix: Sources for the location of shops in Amsterdam and selection of sectors
Shops selling daily necessities
Shops selling durable and luxury goods:
Shops selling daily necessities:
Shops selling durable and luxury goods:
List of consulted sources and literature
Primary sources
Bibliography
List of tables
Image credits
Topographical Index

Shopping Spaces and the Urban Landscape in Early Modern Amsterdam, 1550-1850 /

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