Brothers in Arms, Partners in Trade: Dutch-Indigenous Alliances in the Atlantic World, 1595-1674

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-21083-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 367 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 776 g

Reihe: Atlantic World

Recent studies on Dutch encounters with indigenous peoples in the Americas and West Africa have taken a narrow regional approach rather than a comparative Atlantic perspective. This book, based on Dutch archival records and primary and secondary sources in multiple languages, integrates indigenous peoples more fully in the Dutch Atlantic by examining the development of formal relations between the Dutch and non-Europeans in Brazil, the Gold Coast, West Central Africa, and New Netherland from the first Dutch overseas voyages in the 1590s until the dissolution of the West India Company in 1674. By taking an Atlantic perspective this study of Dutch-indigenous alliances shows that the support and cooperation of indigenous peoples was central to Dutch overseas expansion in the Atlantic.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in Atlantic history, indigenous peoples and European expansion, intercultural diplomacy, Dutch overseas expansion, and ethnohistory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meuwese, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Kultureller Wandel, Kulturkontakt, Akkulturation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgements
Abbreviations used in footnotes and bibliography
Introduction
1. From ‘Grand Design’ to Bankruptcy: The Rise and Fall of the WIC, 1621-1674
2. Establishing Alliances: Dutch Expansion and Indigenous Peoples in the Atlantic World, 1590-1623
3. An Effective but Fragile Alliance: Brasilianen, Tapuyas, and the Dutch-Portuguese Struggle for Brazil, 1624-1656
4. Deferring Imperial Dreams: WIC alliances with indigenous rulers in Angola and Kongo, 1625-1648
5. Cooperation and Conflict: Dutch-Indigenous Relations in New Netherland, 1624-1664
6. ‘The disloyalty of the Inhabitants’: WIC alliances with African kingdoms on the Gold Coast, 1624-1674
Conclusion
Bibliography
Glossary of Non-English Terms
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Meuwese, Mark
Mark Meuwese, Ph.D. (2004) in History, University of Notre Dame, is Associate Professor at the University of Winnipeg in Canada. He has published several articles and book chapters on Dutch-indigenous relations in colonial Brazil and New Netherland.

Mark Meuwese, Ph.D. (2004) in History, University of Notre Dame, is Associate Professor at the University of Winnipeg in Canada. He has published several articles and book chapters on Dutch-indigenous relations in colonial Brazil and New Netherland.