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基本説明
Demonstrates that Dutch trade in the Atlantic was far more extensive and valuable than has generally been assumed, and exceeded the trade with Asia at that time.
Full Description
A fresh examination of Dutch transatlantic trade in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this multi-authored volume demonstrates that Atlantic commerce was much larger and valuable for the Dutch economy than hitherto thought, and it challenges the assumed dominance of commerce with Asia.
Riches from Atlantic Commerce has been selected by Choice as Outstanding Academic Title (2005).
Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Maps, Charts, and Graphs
List of Tables
List of Appendices
Foreword
Preface
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
1. Introduction, Victor Enthoven & Johannes Postma
I. INITIAL VENTURES INTO THE ATLANTIC AND THE WEST INDIA COMPANY
2. Early Dutch Expansion in the Atlantic Region, 1585-1621, Victor Enthoven
3. Dutch Trade with Brazil before the Dutch West India Company, 1587-1621, Christopher Ebert
4. The Dutch West India Company, 1621-1795, Henk den Heijer
II. AFRICAN COMMERCE AND SLAVE TRADE
5. A Reassessment of the Dutch Atlantic Slave Trade, Johannes Postma
6. The West African Trade of the Dutch West India Company, 1674-1740, Henk den Heijer
7. The Dutch Republic and Brazil as Commercial Partners on the West African Coast during the Eighteenth Century, Stuart B. Schwartz & Johannes Postma
III. CARIBBEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN TRADE
8. Curaçao and the Caribbean Transit Trade, Wim Klooster
9. The Curaçao Slave Market: From Asiento Trade to Free Trade, 1700-1730, Han Jordaan
10. Representative Atlantic Entrepreneur: Jacob Leisler, 1640-1691, Claudia Schnurmann
IV. COMMERCE WITH THE GUIANA SETTLEMENT COLONIES
11. Suriname and Its Atlantic Connections, 1667-1795, Johannes Postma
12. The Forgotten Colonies of Essequibo and Demerara, 1700-1814, Eric Willem van der Oest
V. GENERAL TRENDS AND IMPACT OF THE DUTCH ECONOMY
13. An Overview of Dutch Trade with the Americas, 1600-1800, Wim Klooster
14. An Assessment of Dutch Transatlantic Commerce, 1585-1817, Victor Enthoven
Appendices
Notes on Methodology, Currencies, Measures, and the Dutch Republic
Archives and Bibliography
Index