Johan de Vries

THE FONTANA ECONOMIC HISTORY OF EUROPE General Editor: Carlo M. Cipolla There is at present no satisfactory economic history of Europe - covering Europe both as a whole and with particular relation to the individual countries - that is both concise enough for convenient use and yet full enough to...

Benelux 19201970INTRODUCTIONIt is always a good thing to dispose of misunderstandings as quickly as possible. Let us therefore begin by impressing the need to distinguish between the Benelux countries and Benelux itself. The Benelux countries are almost self-identifying : they are Belgium, the...