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28 August 2020
ARTICLE: D. L. NOORLANDER, "The Dutch Atlantic world, 1585–1815: Recent themes and developments in the field" (History Compass XVIII (2020), No. 8)
Abstract:
Scholarship on the Dutch Atlantic has grown and changed a lot in 30 years, with older themes like colonial weakness and insignificance giving way to a newly discovered Dutch vitality. This essay demonstrates the change by summarizing the recent research and highlighting the military, economic, and cultural impact of the Dutch in West Africa and America, plus the possible impacts of both places on the Dutch in Europe. The essay also cautions writers against taking arguments about dynamism, diversity, tolerance, cosmopolitanism, and modernity too far.
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