The Dutch overseas empire, 1600-1800
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The Dutch overseas empire, 1600-1800
Cambridge University Press, 2021
- : pbk
- Other Title
-
Rijk aan de rand van de wereld : de geschiedenis van Nederland overzee, 1600-1800
Available at 6 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Translated from the Dutch
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
How did the Dutch Empire compare with other imperial enterprises? And how was it experienced by the indigenous peoples who became part of this colonial power? At the start of the seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic emerged as the centre of a global empire that stretched along the edges of continents and connected societies surrounding the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. In the Dutch Empire, ideas of religious tolerance and scientific curiosity went hand in hand with severe political and economic exploitation of the local populations through violence, monopoly and slavery. This pioneering history of the early modern Dutch Empire, over two centuries, for the first time provides a comparative and indigenous perspective on Dutch overseas expansion. Apart from discussing the impact of the Empire on the economy and society at home in the Dutch Republic, it also offers a fascinating window into the contemporary societies of Asia, Africa and the Americas and, through their interactions, on processes of early modern globalisation.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. The Grumbling Hive
- Introduction
- 1. The eighth province
- 2. The empire at home
- 3. Dialogue
- Conclusion
- Part II. The Atlantic World
- Introduction
- 4. The Caribbean
- 5. New Holland and New Netherland
- 6. Africa
- Conclusion
- Part III. Monsoon Asia
- Introduction
- 7. The Dutch tropics
- 8. The Indian Ocean
- 9. The South China Sea
- Conclusion
- Coda.
by "Nielsen BookData"