Exploring the Dutch Empire - Agents, Networks and Institutions, 1600-2000

In 1602, the States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands chartered the first commercial company, the Dutch East India Company, and, in so doing, initiated a new wave of globalization. Even though Dutch engagement in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans dates back to the 16th century, it was the dawn of the 17th century that brought the Dutch into the fold of the general movement of European expansion overseas and concomitant globalization.This volume surveys the Dutch participation in, and contribution to, the process of globalization. At the same time, it reassesses the various ways Dutchmen fashioned themselves following the encounter and in the light of increasing dialogue with other societies across the world. As such, offers a new insight into the macro and micro worlds of the global Dutchman in Asia, Africa and the Americas. The result fills a gap in the historiography on empire and globalization, which has previously been dominated by British and, to a lesser extent, French and Spanish cases.>

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• Authors: Catia Antunes, Catia Gommans Antunes, Jos Gommans
• Assisted by: Catia Antunes (Editor), Jos Gommans (Editor), Jos J. L. Gommans (Editor), Gommans Jos (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.05.2015
• EAN: 9781474236416
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-3641-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 232 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Politik und Staat, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus, HISTORY / Modern / General, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / World, History - General History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, Netherlands, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history, C 1600 To C 1700, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, C 1700 To C 1800, National liberation and independence