Description: In The Dutch Moment, Wim Klooster shows how the Dutch built and eventually lost an Atlantic empire that stretched from the homeland in the United Provinces to the Hudson River and from Brazil and the Caribbean to the African Gold Coast. The fleets and armies that fought for the Dutch in the decades-long war against Spain included numerous...
Brief description: Wim Klooster is Professor of History at Clark University. He is author of, among other books, The Dutch Moment.
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There has been a recent flurry of books on the Dutch in the Atlantic world during the 17th century. Klooster (Clark Univ.) has written the definitive work on the subject. It is a wonderfully lively, thoroughly researched synthesis of the entire story of the rise and fall of the Dutch in the Atlantic, including the dramatic story of the Dutch in Brazil as well as in New Netherland in North America, the Caribbean, and Africa.... Though the Dutch were not the colonizers other European nations were, they established trade to benefit the United Provinces, including becoming a major participant in the slave trade. There are several very helpful maps, charts, and images and extensive notes. Summing Up: **** Essential. All levels/libraries.
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