In the Shadow of the Company: The Dutch East India Company and Its Servants in the Period of Its Decline (1740-1796)

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-23429-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: Tanap Monographs on the Histor

Is there any truth in the story that the morality of the servants of the Dutch East India Company in the eighteenth century was so rotten that one should believe the Dutch maxim ‘Vergaan Onder Corruptie’ – in translation something like ‘Succumbed to Corruption’ – and use this as an explanation for a very complex phenomenon? Chris Nierstrasz introduces us in his In the Shadow of the Company, to the realities of the decision makers and of the servants in the field. Responding to the changing realities in Asia, the Company could only try to use the mercantile potential of its higher echelons to postpone its downfall. In a situation in which the directors were not able to increase investment from Holland, the servants in Asia were forced to take up the challenge.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the East India Companies and their roles in establishing empire, trade and fortunes in Asia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nierstrasz, Chris

Fachgebiete

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

Über Autor(innen)

Nierstrasz, Chris
Chris Nierstrasz (b. 1978) joined the TANAP programme after obtaining his Master degrees in French and History at Leiden University. After obtaining his Ph.D. thesis in 2008 at Leiden University, he joined the Europe’s Asian Centuries project at the University of Warwick.

Chris Nierstrasz (b. 1978) joined the TANAP programme after obtaining his Master degrees in French and History at Leiden University. After obtaining his Ph.D. thesis in 2008 at Leiden University, he joined the Europe’s Asian Centuries project at the University of Warwick.