The World and The Netherlands

Name: The World and The Netherlands
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A Global History from a Dutch Perspective

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The World and The Netherlands offers an insightful exploration of how global events have shaped and interacted with Dutch history throughout the ages. It meticulously examines the influential role the Netherlands has played on the world stage, weaving historical narratives with military events to highlight the country's contributions and challenges. The book delves into the dynamic interplay between local and global forces, bringing past and present contexts to life.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book may appeal to you if you are interested in exploring the complex relationship between a small but influential nation and the broader world stage. It offers an engaging narrative that highlights the unique historical, political, and cultural exchanges that have shaped both the Netherlands and global developments. Ideal for readers who appreciate detailed historical insights and nuanced examinations of international impact.

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This is the first book to examine the history of the country in a way that connects global processes to local developments. Taking account of social, political, and economic dynamics over the last thousand years, the book addresses key questions that get to the heart of the Netherlands’ role in the world, both historically and in more recent times:

The World and The Netherlands explores:

Why did the ‘West’ become such a significant actor in the world, and what part did the Netherlands play?
What were the driving forces in state formation, and in what respects and why did the Netherlands take a different path to most of Europe?
How did globalisation impact economic structures and socio-cultural life, and how did the Netherlands react to these new challenges?
How did this very Christian and bourgeois nation develop into a flagship for liberal tolerance?

The book carefully balances a wider investigation of these issues with close inspections of how ordinary people experienced the changes they prompted. It also provides a convincing, judicious assessment of the ebbs and flows of this small country’s global influence over time: prominent as a Golden Age economic powerhouse, colonial power, and bastion of political freedom in some eras, and yet impotent on the world stage at others.

Supplemented with 35 images, 10 maps, a wealth of text boxes, charts, and tables, as well as a companion website, this book is the definitive history of the Netherlands in a global context.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350191921

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 February 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Illustration: 10 Maps

Contributors:

Edited by Leo Lucassen
Edited by Karel Davids
Edited by Prof. Dr. Marjolein 't Hart
Edited by Prof. Dr. Manon van der Heijden
Translated by Dr Vivien Collingwood
Edited by Dr Lex Heerma van Voss
Edited by Professor Jeroen Touwen

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 384

Collections

European History History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction

About the Author

Marjolein ’t Hart is Professor Emeritus of the History of State Formation in a Global Context at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and research fellow at Huygens Institute, both the Netherlands. She is the author of The Dutch Wars of Independence (2014).

Manon van der Heijden is Professor of Urban History at Leiden University, the Netherlands. She is the author of Women and Crime in Early Modern Holland (2016).

Karel Davids is Professor Emeritus of Economic and Social History at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is the author of Global Ocean of Knowledge, 1660-1860 (Bloomsbury, 2020), Religion, Technology and the Great and Little Divergences (2013) and The Rise and Decline of Dutch Technological Leadership (2008).

Lex Heerma van Voss is Research Fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, and Professor Emeritus of the History of Social Security at Utrecht University, both the Netherlands.

Leo Lucassen is Director of the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam and Professor of Global Labour and Migration History at Leiden University, both the Netherlands.

Jeroen Touwen is Associate Professor of Economic and Social History at Leiden University, the Netherlands.