商品簡介
The role of the trade and shipping in the Dutch economy during the 17th and 18th centuries has not been given due recognition of its importance, argue Postma (retired, history, Minnesota State U. at Mankato, US) and Enthoven (maritime history, Royal Netherlands Naval College, Netherlands). They present 14 papers that describe the impact of Dutch shipping on the country's economy and beyond, describing the network of commercial and financial connections in Caribbean and North American trade, the slave trade, and in commerce with the Guiana settlement colonies Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Johannes Postma, Ph.D. in History (1970, Michigan State University) was Professor of History at Minnesota State University at Mankato from 1969 to 2001. He is the author of several articles on Atlantic history and two books,The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600–1800 (1990), and The Atlantic Slave Trade (2003). He continues his research and writing in retirement, and is presently living in Wilbraham, Massachusetts.Victor Enthoven, Ph.D. (1996), University of Leiden, was affiliated for several years with the Institute for the History of European Expansion (IGEER) at the same university. He has published several articles and books on Dutch expansion and Atlantic and Asian history, as well as on maritime history and the history of public finance. At present he is Assistant Professor of Maritime History at the Royal Netherlands Naval College at Den Helder, Netherlands.
