{"product_id":"the-power-and-pains-of-gijs-dreijer-9789004540347","title":"The Power and Pains of Polysemy: Maritime Trade, Averages, and Institutional Development in the Low Countries (15th-16th Centuries)","description":"\u003cb\u003eListen to the podcast here.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As the fall-out of the \u003ci\u003eEver Given\u003c\/i\u003e Suez canal blockage shows, an ancient instrument like General Average (GA) is still highly relevant in redistributing risks and costs in maritime trade. However, bar marine insurance, not much is known about the development of tools of maritime risk management like GA, which redistributes extraordinary costs incurred for the common safety of maritime ventures.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book investigates the development of General Average and other so-called Averages in the Low Countries on the eve of the early modern period, showing how the various varieties of Averages played a significant role in the development of maritime risk management and the broader institutional development in the Low Countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gijs Dreijer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004540342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004540347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.10w x 0.75d","brand":"Gijs Dreijer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48066405368063,"sku":"9789004540347","price":163.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f5ea7417-a3ac-452f-bd53-40d7caba78c7.jpg?v=1768678315","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-power-and-pains-of-gijs-dreijer-9789004540347","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}