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.
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The familial state : ruling families and merchant capitalism in early modern Europe by Julia Adams. ISBN 0801433088. Published by Cornell University Press in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
