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The Dutch Atlantic
Nimako, Kwame; Willemsen, Glenn
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Description for The Dutch Atlantic
Paperback. Analyses the Dutch involvement in Atlantic slavery and assesses the historical consequences of this for contemporary European society. Series: Decolonial Studies, Postcolonial Horizons. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HBJD; HBTR; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
This book interrogates the Dutch involvement in Atlantic slavery and assesses the historical consequences of this for contemporary European society.
Kwame Nimako and Glenn Willemsen show how the slave trade and slavery intertwined economic, social and cultural elements, including nation-state formation in the Netherlands and across Europe. They explore the mobilisation of European populations in the implementation of policies that facilitated Atlantic slavery and examine how European countries created and expanded laws that perpetuated colonisation.
Addressing key themes such as the incorporation of the formerly enslaved into post-slavery states and contemporary collective efforts ... Read more
This book interrogates the Dutch involvement in Atlantic slavery and assesses the historical consequences of this for contemporary European society.
Kwame Nimako and Glenn Willemsen show how the slave trade and slavery intertwined economic, social and cultural elements, including nation-state formation in the Netherlands and across Europe. They explore the mobilisation of European populations in the implementation of policies that facilitated Atlantic slavery and examine how European countries created and expanded laws that perpetuated colonisation.
Addressing key themes such as the incorporation of the formerly enslaved into post-slavery states and contemporary collective efforts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Decolonial Studies, Postcolonial Horizons
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745331072
SKU
V9780745331072
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About Nimako, Kwame; Willemsen, Glenn
Kwame Nimako teaches International Relations at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam. He is the co-author of The Dutch Atlantic (Pluto, 2011). Glenn Willemsen (1948-2008) was the first director of the National Institute for the Study of Dutch Slavery and its Legacy (NiNsee) from 2003 to 2008. He was also Adjunct Professor at ... Read more
Reviews for The Dutch Atlantic
'A fundamental addition to a distinguished genealogy of work - from Ottobah Cugoano to Eric Williams and Jean Casimir - a genealogy in which scholarship and experientia Africana meet'
Walter Mignolo, William H Wannamaker Distinguished Professor in Literature and Romance Studies at Duke University 'This erudite history of Dutch slavery, revolts, abolition efforts, and emancipation is told from the ... Read more
Walter Mignolo, William H Wannamaker Distinguished Professor in Literature and Romance Studies at Duke University 'This erudite history of Dutch slavery, revolts, abolition efforts, and emancipation is told from the ... Read more