1. Introduction -- 2. Dutch identity and the influence of landscape -- 3. Netherlands' trade and commerce -- 4. Dutch bookkeeping and the Hanseatic influence -- 5. The Dutch East-India Company -- 6. Accounting for capital -- 7. The VOC's general bookkeeping : contradictions and conflict -- 8....

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