Pioneers of Capitalism – A Response

Author(s)

  • Maarten Prak Utrecht University
  • Jan Luiten van Zanden Utrecht University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52024/6tanys57

Abstract

The aim of Pioneers of Capitalism was to provide a synthesis of the research that has been done over the past 25 years by the Utrecht social and economic history group, in particular, and by scholars in this field more generally. The framework was the capitalism debate that has received much attention recently. What does the Dutch case tell us about capitalism as an economic and socio-political system? 

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Author Biographies

  • Maarten Prak, Utrecht University

    Maarten Prak (1955) was, until his retirement, professor of social and economic history at Utrecht University, a post he shared with Jan Luiten van Zanden since 1992. He is the author of, among other works, The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century, translated by Diane Webb (Cambridge University Press, 2023, 2nd edition), and Citizens without Nations. Urban Citizenship in Europe and the World, 1000-1789 (Cambridge University Press, 2018).

  • Jan Luiten van Zanden, Utrecht University

    Jan Luiten van Zanden (1955) is emeritus professor in economic history at Utrecht University. He recently published books about the origins of globalization (with Pim de Zwart), as well as the evolution of Dutch nature since the last Ice Age, De ontdekking van de natuur (with Thomas van Goethem, Rob Lenders, and Joop Schaminée). He is currently working on a book covering the dual crisis (of market and state) that emerged in the period 1980-2020.

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Published

2024-09-06

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2024): TSEG

Section

Debate Article

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Copyright (c) 2024 Maarten Prak, Jan Luiten van Zanden

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How to Cite

Prak, M., & van Zanden, J. L. (2024). Pioneers of Capitalism – A Response. TSEG - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History, 21(2), 159-168. https://doi.org/10.52024/6tanys57
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