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• Introduction : a tale of three cities
• A topographical perspective
• Political dynamics and dilemmas
• Discord
• Merchants and republicans
• Virtuous commerce
• Virtue bankrupt
• Conclusion.

"The Merchant Republics analyzes the ways in which three major economic powerhouses -- Amsterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg -- developed dual identities as 'communities of commerce' and as republics over the course of the long eighteenth century (c.1648-1790). In addition to discussing the qualities that made these three cities alike, this volume also considers the very real differences that derived from their dissimilar histories, political structures, economic fates and cultural expectations. While all valued both their republicanism and their merchant identities, each presented a different face to the world and each made the transition from an early modern republic to a modern city in a different manner"-- Provided by publisher.

• Part I. A colonial life in travels. Pieter Albert Bik and his writings
• Travel and travel writing in the nineteenth century
• The global tourist Pieter Albert Bik
• Part II. The manuscript of Pieter Albert Bik. A note on the translation
• Brief notes / by Pieter Albert Bik
• Journal kept on the court trip to Jedo in the year 1844 / by P.A. Bik
• Notes of P.A. Bik, made on the journey from Batavia to Holland, over the so-called land route.

The unpublished writings of a Dutch colonial official, Pieter Albert Bik (1798-1855) are studied and contextualized in this book. The remarkable autobiographical manuscript of Bik, which is here presented in English translation with annotations, provides a unique glimpse of the wide horizons of the world of Dutch colonialism, tracing his many journeys in Europe, the Dutch East Indies and Japan as well as across the oceans in the first half of the nineteenth century. In this work, Mikko Toivanen draws a parallel between Bik's colonial travels and the contemporary emergence of a new kind of travel within Europe, showing that the culture of colonial travel was intimately connected with notions of leisure and tourism being developed back home at the time.

• Navigating kinship
• Unauthorized identity craft
• "Working with my sister's papers"
• Dying relations?
• Marriage, love, and inequality
• Conclusion: unpredictable dynamics of kinship

• Navigating kinship
• Unauthorized identity craft
• "Working with my sister's papers"
• Dying relations?
• Marriage, love, and inequality
• Conclusion: unpredictable dynamics of kinship

"Argonauts of West Africa examines the paradoxes of kinship in the lives of unauthorized African migrants as they struggle for mobility, employment, and citizenship in Europe. In a rapidly changing and highly precarious context, migrants turn to kinship in search of security, stability, and predictability. Through the exchange of identity documents, assistance in obtaining such documentation, marriage, or cohabitation, new kinship dynamics are continually made and remade to navigate the shifting demands of European states. These new kinship relations, however, often prove unreliable, taking on new, unexpected dynamics in the face of codependency; they become more difficult to control than those who entered into such relations could have imagined. Through unusually close ethnographic work in West African migrant communities in Amsterdam, Apostolos Andrikopoulos reveals unseen dynamics of "siblinghood" through shared papers, the tensions of race and gender that develop in mutually beneficial marriages, and the vast, informal networks of people, information, and documentation on which migrants rely. Throughout, Andrikopoulos demonstrates how inequality, exclusionary practices, and the changing policies of an often-violent state demand new forms of kinship to successfully navigate complex migration routes"-- Provided by publisher

• The enigma of the Republic
• Turbulent beginnings
• A new country (1609-1650)
• A world power (1650-1713)
• The armed forces
• A market economy
• Worldwide trading network
• Riches
• Toil and trouble
• Community
• The authorities
• A dissonant chorus
• Freedom against all odds
• The urban landscape
• A lettered land
• Religious pluralism
• A new approach to science and philosophy
• Paintings, paintings everywhere
• The end of the Golden Age.

Rembrandt, Hals and Vermeer are still household names, even though they died over three hundred years ago. In their lifetimes they witnessed the extraordinary consolidation of the newly independent Dutch Republic and its emergence as one of the richest nations on earth. As one contemporary wrote in 1673: the Dutch were 'the envy of some, the fear of others, and the wonder of all their neighbours'. During the Dutch Golden Age, the arts blossomed and the country became a haven of religious tolerance. However, despite being self-proclaimed champions of freedom, the Dutch conquered communities in America, Africa and Asia and were heavily involved in both slavery and the slave trade on three continents. This substantially revised second edition of the leading textbook on the Dutch Republic includes a new chapter exploring slavery and its legacy, as well as a new chapter on language and literature.

"This book is based on three books in Dutch that were published in 2020 as the result of an assignment given by Rotterdam Municipality to the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean STudies (Kitlv-Knaw) to investigate the city's colonial past and links with slavery. The three books were published together by Boom Uitgevers Amsterdam: Gert Oostindie (ed.), Het koloniale verleden van Rotterdam; Alex van Stripriaan, Rotterdam in slavernij ; Francio Guadeloupe [et al], (eds.), Rotterdam, een postkoloniale stad in beweging."--Title page verso.

Dorestad was the largest town of the Low Countries in the Carolingian era. As a riverine emporium on the northern edge of the Frankish Empire, it functioned as a European junction, connecting the Viking world with the Continent. In 2019, the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden hosted its quinquennial international congress based around Dorestad, located at present-day Wijk bij Duurstede. This third edition, 'Dorestad and its Networks', coincided with the.

• Preface One -War Babies Two-Social Reality, Military Policy Three-Liberation and Slavery Four-Aftermath Five-Margraten Six-Limited Service Seven-Liberation Children Eight-In England Nine-Out of England Ten-Occupation Babies Eleven-Adulthood Twelve-Settling Lives Thirteen-International Families Afterword by Sebastiaan Vonk About the Authors Appendix: Relevant World War II Era Law and Custom for International Marriage, Immigration, Birth Status, Adoption and Assistance Chapter Notes Bibliography Index.
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In the Netherlands, a small group of biracial citizens has entered its eighth decade of lives that have been often puzzling and difficult, but which offer a unique insight into the history of race relations in America. Though their African American fathers had brought liberation from Nazi tyranny at the end of World War II, they were in a segregated American military derived from a racially divided American society. Decades later, some of their children could finally know of a father's identity and the life he had led after the war. Just one would be able to find an embrace in his arms, and just one would arrive at her father's American grave after 73 years. But they could now understand their own Dutch lives in the context of their fathers' lives in America.
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• Introduction
• Amsterdam, 1905-1927
• Berlin, 1927-1939
• Westerbork, 1939-1945
• Amsterdam, 1945-1949
• London, 1949-1971
• Hilversum, 1958
• Up North / Down South, 1959-1960
• Mississippi, 1960-1963
• Alabama, 1965-1966
• Befriending Langston Hughes, 1945-1967
• Epilogue : pursuing ghosts

Rosey E. Pool (1905-71) did not live an ordinary life. She witnessed the rise of the Nazis in Berlin firsthand, tutored Anne Frank, operated in a Jewish resistance group, escaped from a Nazi transit camp, published African American poets in Europe, operated a London "salon" with her partner, witnessed independence movements in Nigeria and Senegal, and took part in the American civil rights movement. I Lay This Body Down is the first study of Pool and her remarkable transatlantic life. A translator, educator, and anthologist of African American poetry, Pool corresponded, after World War II, with Langston Hughes, W. E. B. Du Bois, Naomi Long Madgett, Owen Dodson, Gordon Heath, and others who fostered her involvement in the Black Arts Movement, both in Britain and the United States. Though Pool was often cast as an outsider-one poet was amazed that "one so removed" was interested in the Black cause-she saw herself as part of a transatlantic struggle against oppression. For Pool, the "yellow Jew stars" the Nazis forced her to wear "were our darker skins." Rosey E. Pool's life allows Lonneke Geerlings to explore intersections of European and American history. As a Holocaust survivor and activist fighting against segregation in the Deep South, Pool connects stories that are often studied and told in isolation. Her life helps us understand the intersecting histories of Jewish Europe and Black America, but it also allows us to see how Pool dealt with tragedy, trauma, and loss. At its core, this book is about resilience and hope. Indeed, Pool's life illuminates the power of reinvention for dealing with both challenging personal circumstances and the traumas of global history.
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• Preface (David Williams)
• Chapter 1. Introduction (Cesar Carreras & Joost van den Berg)
• Chapter 2. Methodology (Cesar Carreras, F. S. Beijaard & N. Polak)
• Chapter 3. Amphorae from the West: Hispania (Spain and Portugal) (Horacio Gonzalez Cesteros, Rui Roberto de Almeida & Cesar Carreras)
• Chapter 4. Amphorae from the West: Gaul (Florian Schimmer & Joost van den Berg)
• Chapter 5. Amphorae from the Roman Heartland: Imports from Italy (Florian Schimmer)
• Chapter. 6. Amphorae from Africa, the Aegean and the Levant (Joost van den Berg & Florian Schimmer)
• Chapter. 7. Regional Amphorae from pre-Flavian Nijmegen: a new Group of Intra-Regional Containers (Joost van den Berg)
• Chapter 8. Amphorae-Epigraphy: Stamps, Graffiti and Tituli Picti from Roman Nijmegen (Piero Berni Millet & Stephan Weiss-Koenig)
• Chapter 9. Excursus: Amphorae from the Early-Augustan Legionary Camp on the Hunerberg, Nijmegen (Joost van den Berg, Horacio Gonzalez Cesteros & Ryan Niemeijer)
• Chapter 10. Conclusions (Cesar Carreras & Joost van den Berg)
• Chapter 11. References.
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In the year 19 BC, Roman legions arrived in Nijmegen with the aim of conquering the Rhenish territories from the local populations. In addition to the legionaries themselves, the Roman army required a regular provision of staple supplies in order to keep such a war machine in top condition. The archaeological evidence for this provision is a myriad of organic remains (i.e. seeds, bones, pollen) as well as ceramic containers such as amphorae. One of the first military camps at Nijmegen, together with that on the Hunerberg, was Kops Plateau. This timber fortress - the most northerly military site of the Julio-Claudian period - dating from 12 BC to AD 69, has provided an extraordinary amphora assemblage. At a time when most Roman roads were still only projects, this distant military outpost received amphora products from all over the Mediterranean basin - from Palestine to Greece in the east to Baetica and northern Africa in the west as well as from the Italian core. In addition to amphorae, Kops Plateau also provided a wide repertory of regional vessels whose contents are unknown. The amphorae from Kops Plateau represent a singular example of Roman military supply in northern Europe at a very early date. Their analysis sheds light on trading routes in the Atlantic regions, and from Gaul to Germany; indeed also on the Claudian invasion of Britain.
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• Untold histories and new waves of Black resistance in the Netherlands / Mitchell Esajas
• From the hollow of the lion : a testimony of revolt at the University of Amsterdam / The University of Colour (Amandla Awethu, Tirza Balk, Inez Blanca van der Scheer, Emma van Meyeren, Alfrida Martis, and Nguyn Nam Chi)
• Decoloniality and black heritage tours / Jennifer Tosch
• Colonialism begets coloniality : a case study of Sint Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands / Teresa E. Leslie
• International anti-racism group vs. the Netherlands' Sesame Street, 21st century blackface, and public television / Gloria Holwerda-Williams
• Reclaiming our voices : the anti-Black Pete movement from a black woman's perspective / Jessica de Abreu
• On agency and belonging / Quinsy Gario
• Hymn to the night, from fear to freedom / Teresa Maria Díaz Nerio
• Layers of emancipation struggles : some reflections on the Dutch case / Kwame Nimako
• Catching the Dutch double bind / Lianne Leonora
• Acknowledging the non-ordinary dimensions of decoloniality : the case of the Kingdom of the Netherlands / Francio Guadeloupe
• White innocence in the Netherlands / Gloria Wekker
• White order, corporate capital, and control of mobility in the Netherlands / Egbert Alejandro Martina and Patricia Schor
• "Activism" and (the afterlives of) dutch colonialism / Guno Jones
• Decoloniality of memory and anti-black racism / Artwell Cain
• Decolonizing the Islamic other : the changed conditions of critical thinking / Halleh Ghorashi
• Smashing the pillars / Melissa F. Weiner and Antonio Carmona Báez.

"Smash the Pillars explores the efforts by scholars and activists to decolonize Dutch history and memory and resist the physical, epistemological, and psychological violence imposed by the Dutch state, its institutions, and dominant narratives"-- Provided by publisher.
"Smash the Pillars builds on the efforts by scholars and activists to decolonize Dutch history and memory, as they resist the epistemological violence imposed by the state, its institutions, and dominant narratives. Contributions offer an unparalleled glimpse into decolonial activism in the Dutch kingdom and provide us with a new lens to view contemporary decolonial efforts. The book argues that to fully decolonize Dutch society, the current social organization in the Kingdom of the Netherlands relying on separate pillars for each religious and/or racial group, must be dismantled."--Publisher's description.

• Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: The personal politics of daily diplomacy Diplomacy as a gendered institution The micro study as method: background and materials Conceptualizing trust as a bridge between personal and political Setting the scene Part I. The diplomatic couple
• 1. The persistent notion of the incorporated wife
• 2. In love and diplomacy
• 3. Carte blanche? Diplomatic secrecy and marital trust
• 4. The diplomatic couple as template Concluding remarks on the diplomatic couple II. The diplomatic home
• 5. Homemaking for diplomats
• 6. Domestic staff
• 7. The home as a diplomatic arena Concluding remarks on the diplomatic home Part III. Dinner diplomacy
• 8. Dinner diplomacy as an everyday practice
• 9. Diplomatic food Concluding remarks on dinner diplomacy Part IV. Diplomatic aptitude
• 10. Diplomatic appearances
• 11. Diplomatic discourse Concluding remarks on diplomatic aptitude Conclusion: Behind the scenes of building the postwar world Everyday power structures in Western diplomacy Political impact of personal relations Diplomacy as a likeminded institution Bibliography Index.
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Unravelling the mechanisms of daily diplomacy in the mid-20th century, this book follows one Dutch diplomatic couple, the van Kleffens, on their postings from the 1930s to the 1950s to offer a new perspective on how non-officials and personal politics shaped the postwar world. Combining private and public source materials, Erlandsson foregrounds the political culture of diplomacy and highlights events and people which have been left off the official record. The book integrates the detailed study of behind-the-scenes diplomatic practice into the larger narrative of traditional diplomatic history, connecting social practices with political outcomes. Exploring how women's tea drinking was used to achieve post-war foreign policy and how Rosa, a Guatemalan cook, contributed to the international standing of the Netherlands, it offers a more inclusive history by recognising the diplomatic work done by actors who were not diplomats. In doing so it demonstrates the ways in which diplomacy was class-bound, gendered and racialized, and proves that historicizing gender and cultural norms is crucial to understanding political and international history.
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From the acclaimed author of The Gunpowder Age, a book that casts new light on the history of China and the West at the turn of the nineteenth century George Macartney's disastrous 1793 mission to China plays a central role in the prevailing narrative of modern Sino-European relations. Summarily dismissed by the Qing court, Macartney failed in nearly all of his objectives, perhaps setting the stage for the Opium Wars of the nineteenth century and the mistrust that still marks the relationship today. But not all European encounters with China were disastrous. The Last Embassy tells the story of the Dutch mission of 1795, bringing to light a dramatic but little-known episode that transforms our understanding of the history of China and the West. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, Tonio Andrade paints a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of an age marked by intrigues and war. China was on the brink of rebellion. In Europe, French armies were invading Holland. Enduring a harrowing voyage, the Dutch mission was to be the last European diplomatic delegation ever received in the traditional Chinese court. Andrade shows how, in contrast to the British emissaries, the Dutch were men with deep knowledge of Asia who respected regional diplomatic norms and were committed to understanding China on its own terms. Beautifully illustrated with sketches and paintings by Chinese and European artists, The Last Embassy suggests that the Qing court, often mischaracterized as arrogant and narrow-minded, was in fact open, flexible, curious, and cosmopolitan.
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