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Part 1. Introduction: 1. Reflexions and mediations on three cities assources and sites for achievement Patrick O'Brien; Part II. Economic Growthand Demographic Change: 2. Economies of Agglomeration and the Golden Age ofAntwerp Michael Limberger; 3. Clusters of achievement: the economy ofAmsterdam in its Golden Age Cle Lesger; 4. The economy of London, 1660-1730Peter Earle; Part III. Architecture and Urban Space: 5. One of the largestcities in the low countries; One of the best fortified in Europe PietLombaerde; 6. The glorious city: monumentalism and public space inseventeenth century Amsterdam Marjeolin 't Hart; 7. Architecture and urbanspace in London Judy Loach; Part IV. Fine and Decorative Arts: 8. The fineand decorative arts in Antwerp's Golden Age Hans Vlieghe; 9. The rise ofAmsterdam as a cultural centre: the market for paintings, 1580-1680 MartenJan Bok; 10. Cultural production and import substitution: the fine anddecorative arts in London, 1660-1730 David Ormrod; Part V. Books andPublishing: 11. Antwerp: books, publishing and cultural production before1585 Werner Waterschoot; 12. Metropolis of print: the Amsterdam book trade inthe seventeenth century Paul Hoftijzer; 13. Printing, publishing and readingin London, 1660-1720 Adrian Johns; Part VI. Scientific and Useful Knowledge:14. Science for sale: the metropolitan stimulus for scientific achievementsin sixteenth century Antwerp Geert Vanpaemel; 15. Amsterdam as a centre ofDutch learning in the Dutch Golden Age Karel Davids; 16. Philosophers in thecounting-houses: commerce, coffee-houses and experiment in early modernLondon Larry Stewart.