The familial state : ruling families and merchant capitalism in early modern Europe / Julia Adams.

Author: Adams, Julia, 1957-

Imprint:Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2005.

Descriptionxi, 235 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Introduction: the Netherlands as point of departure -- The patrimonial nexus and theories of state formation -- State-making, hegemony, and corporate conflict in the Dutch golden age -- The familial state and the rise of the Netherlands -- Patrimonial problems, familial states, and chartered companies in seventeenth-century Europe -- The decline of the Netherlands: "bourgeois betrayal" or patriarchal loyalty? -- France, England, and the enigmatic eighteenth century.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-229) and index.

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