The Strictures of Inheritance - The Dutch Economy in the Nineteenth Century

List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Preface xv INTRODUCTION Institutional Change, Nineteenth-Century Growth, and the Early Modern Legacy 1(10) CHAPTER ONE The End of the Republic: Adam Smith's "Stationary State" and the Enlightened Revolution 11(41) The "Stationary State" and Historiographical Debate 11(14) Technology and Institutions 25(7) The Institutional Deficiency of the Republic 32(8) United and Indivisible: Centralization and Political Reform 40(12) CHAPTER TWO A Complex Legacy Tossed: The Dutch Economy during War and Revolution, 1780-1813 52(33) The Legacy: Specialization and Structural Change 52(8) Economic Integration and Regional Price Gaps 60(5) War and Revolution: Between Stability and Decline 65(8) Institutional Rigidities and the Fall of the VOC 73(6) The Financial Sector: Debt Accumulation and Capital Exports 79(4) Conclusion 83(2) CHAPTER THREE Unification and Secession: The Autocratic Experiment of Willem I, 1813-1840 85(36) The New Institutional Framework: The Constitutions of 1814-15 85(5) Precarious Consensus: Trade Policy and Public Finance 90(6) Costly Priorities: Fiscal Policy and Public Debt 96(10) The Activist Experiment: Domestic Economic Policy, 1813-30 106(5) East Indian Frustration: Colonial Policy, 1813-30 111(4) Secession and Renewal of the Colonial Nexus, 1830-40 115(6) CHAPTER FOUR Troubled Recovery: Secession, Policy Adjustment, and the Colonial Nexus, 1813-1840 121(47) Postwar Instability into Sustained Growth 121(2) The Primary Sector: Agriculture and Fisheries 123(6) Case Study: The Dissolution of the Commons in the Eastern Provinces 129(3) Case Study: Stagnation in the Herring Fishery 132(3) Industrial Development 135(9) Case Study: The Blocked Modernization of the Food Industry 144(6) The Services Sector: Differentiated Dynamics 150(7) Case Study: The Capital Market as a Bottleneck? 157(6) Economic Development and the Autocratic Experiment 163(5) CHAPTER FIVE The Liberal Offensive, 1840-1870 168(20) Upbeat: The Financial Crisis of 1839-40 168(3) The Reorganization of Government Finance 171(7) Colonial Policy and the Batig Slot 178(5) The Liberalization of Trade Policy 183(5) CHAPTER SIX Market Integration and Restructuring, 1840-1870 188(54) The Midcentury Productivity Slowdown 188(8) Agriculture: From Potato Famine to Export Boom 196(7) Services as Leading Sector 203(3) Case Study: The Integration of the Coal Market 206(4) Case Study: Currency Reform and the Integration of the Capital Market 210(5) Case Study: Integration and Communications 215(4) Slowdown into Acceleration: Industrial Performance 219(8) Case Study: The Rise of the Factory 227(9) The Labor Market: From Urban Crisis to Structural Change 236(4) Conclusion 240(2) CHAPTER SEVEN Emancipation, Pluralism, and Compromise: Toward the Politics of Accommodation, 1870-1913 242(21) The "Social Question," Pillarization and Civilization 242(7) Collective Action and the Gestation of a New Corporatism 249(5) The Gold Standard and Public Finance 254(9) CHAPTER EIGHT Modern Economic Growth and Structural Change, 1870-1913 263(68) The Transition to Another Pattern of Economic Growth 263(18) Agriculture: New Institutions and Structural Change 281(10) Case Study: The Emergence of the Cooperative Banks 291(4) Industry: Two Phases of Growth 295(10) Services Sector Growth 305(5) Case Study: Modern Imperialism and the Services Sector 310(9) Case Study: The Changing Economy of the Household 319(9) Conclusion 328(3) EPILOGUE Economic Development between Corporatism and Consociational Democracy 331(4) Notes 335(22) Bibliography 357(20) Index 377