Vergeten Glorie [Forgotten Glory] - Ruud Stam (2019)

Vergeten Glory ['Forgotten Glory'] (Doctoral thesis) - Ruud Stam

On 3 September 2019, Ruud Stam obtained his PhD at Universiteit Utrecht (section Economic and Social History). His dissertation, titled Vergeten glorie: De economische ontwikkeling van de Nederlandse kleipijpennijverheid in de 17e en 18e eeuw, met speciale aandacht voor de export, [Forgotten Glory: The Economic Development of the Dutch Clay Pipe Industry in the 17th and 18th Centuries, with Special Attention to Export] is the result of a study into the economic factors that led to the development of this branch of industry, its peak, and its subsequent decline.