Table of contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction - Holland and Beer -- Chapter One - Brewing in the Early Middle Ages -- Chapter Two - The Medieval Transformation -- Chapter Three - The Scale of the Industry in its Golden Age, 1450-1650 -- Chapter Four - Technology, Raw Materials, and the Seasons of Brewing -- Chapter Five - Taxes, Profits, and Women's Work -- Chapter Six - Investment, Concentration, and Protection -- Chapter Seven - Guilds before 1620 -- Chapter Eight - The Data of Decline, 1600-1800 -- Chapter Nine - Explanations for Decline, 1650-1800 -- Chapter Ten - Strategies for Defense, 1620-1800: Guilds and Cost Control -- Chapter Eleven - Strategies for Defense: Taxes, Governments and Technical Stagnation -- Chapter Twelve - Renewal and Revival, 1800-1900 -- Epilogue - Beer in Holland -- Appendix One - Making Beer -- Appendix Two - Measures -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.