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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      29 September 2020
      15 October 2020
      ISBN:
      9781108647403
      9781108428378
      9781108449519
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108647403
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.83kg, 480 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.69kg, 480 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, European Studies, Global History
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    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.

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    ‘The early modern field needs a single book on the Dutch 'empire' that treats Atlantic and Asian waters together, making this a go-to work. … a comprehensive and authoritative treatment of the subject.’

    Harold J. Cook Source: Journal of Modern History

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