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Author Lesger, Cl. (Clé), author.

Title Shopping Spaces and the Urban Landscape in Early Modern Amsterdam, 1550-1850 / Clé Lesger
Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (267 pages)
Series Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age
Amsterdam studies in the Dutch golden age.
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
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
Analysis Retail location, shopping streets, shop design, architecture, consumption spaces
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Translated from Dutch
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 28, 2020)
Subject Stores, Retail -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History
City planning -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History
Urban landscape architecture -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam
Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700.
Economic history.
HISTORY -- Modern -- General.
City planning
Commerce
Stores, Retail
Urban landscape architecture
Einkaufsstraße
Urbanität
History & Archaeology.
Economic history.
SUBJECT Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Commerce -- History
Subject Netherlands -- Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789048550050
904855005X
Other Titles Winkellandschap van Amsterdam. English