In 't land van belofte:in de nieue stadt. Ideaal en werkelijkheid van de stadsuitleg in de Republiek 1580-1680

The history of city planning in the Dutch Republic has received little serious attention to date. That is not to say that the handbooks on city planning simply pass Holland by. Quite the contrary: both Gutkind and Mumford devote long chapters to the seventeenth-century extension of Amsterdam, which they see as a triumph of Baroque city planning. . Zie: Summary