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Título: The Dutch Diaspora
Condición: Nuevo
Subtítulos: The Netherlands and Its Settlements in Africa, Asia, and the Americas
ISBN-10: 0739121057
EAN: 9780739121054
ISBN: 9780739121054
Publisher: Lexington Books
Formato: Tapa blanda
Fecha de publicación: 26/09/2007
Description: The Dutch Diaspora is a comprehensive and personal study of the former colonial empire of the Netherlands. The Netherlands is considered one of the most successful societies and at one point was the world's largest empire_stretching from Japan to the United States. The author, Howard Wiarda, who grew up in western Michigan and is himself of Dutch descent, combines thorough scholarship with first-hand experience of travels to the far-flung former colonies. The study analyzes how colonies reacted to the ideological beliefs implanted by the Dutch settlers and how those colonies evolved in terms of cultural, religious, and political beliefs. For example, the Dutch in the seventeenth century brought Calvinism to South Africa and entrepreneurialism to New Amsterdam and Cura_ao and in the nineteenth century supported slave plantation systems in Indonesia and Suriname, but as time passed the evolution of the colonies was telling. The United States outgrew Great Britain in wealth and power, but while Calvinism declined in the Netherlands it remained vibrant and progressive in the American Midwest. In many ways, the former colonies adapted to modernization better than the mother country. The Dutch Diaspora is an insightful and accessible study of colonialism useful to upper-level undergraduates and all students and researchers of Dutch history.
Idioma: inglés
País/Región de fabricación: US
Altura del artículo: 230mm
Longitud del artículo: 153mm
Ancho del artículo: 19mm
Peso: 386g
Autor: Howard J. Wiarda
Género: Society & Culture
Tema: Social Sciences
Año de publicación: 2007

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