Gert Oostindie

Dutch Atlantic Connections, 1680-1800: Linking Empires, Bridging Borders Gert Oostindie

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; This title re-evaluates the role of the Dutch in the Atlantic between 1680-1800. It shows how pivotal the Dutch were for the functioning of the Atlantic system by highlighting both economic and cultural contributions to the Atlantic world. Biographical Note: Gert Oostindie is Professor of Caribbean History at Leiden University and Director of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV). He has published over 30 books and 150 articles on (Dutch) Caribbean history, politics, and anthropology. Jessica V. Roitman is a researcher at the KITLV and a lecturer at Leiden University. She was a fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and received a NWO post-doctoral fellowship. She publishes on Atlantic trade, migration, identity, citizenship, and inter-cultural interactions. Table of Contents: Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Contributors Introduction, "Gert Oostindie and Jessica V. Roitman" Section 1: Caribbean Encounters 1 Curacao as a Transit Center to the Spanish Main and the French West Indies, "Wim Klooster" 2 Paramaribo as Dutch and Atlantic Nodal Point, 1640 1795, "Karwan Fatah-Black" 3 Anglo-Dutch Trade in the Chesapeake and the British Caribbean,1621 1733, "Christian Koot" Section 2: European Encounters 4 The French Atlantic and the Dutch, Late Seventeeth-Late Eighteenth Century, "Silvia Marzagalli" 5 Anglo-Dutch Economic Relations in the Atlantic World, 1688 1783, "Kenneth Morgan" 6 A Network-Based Merchant Empire: Dutch Trade in the Hispanic Atlantic (1680 1740), "Ana Crespo Solana" 7 A Public and Private Dutch West India Interest, "Henk den Heijer" Section 3: Intellectual and Intercultural Encounters 8 Adultery Here and There: Crossing Sexual Boundaries in the Dutch Jewish Atlantic, "Aviva Ben-Ur and Jessica V. Roitman" 9 The Scholarly Atlantic: Circuits of Knowledge Between Britain, the Dutch Republic and the Americas in the Eighteenth Century, "Karel Davids" 10 The Dutch Atlantic and the Dubious Case of Frans Post, "Benjamin Schmidt" Section 4: Shifting Encounters 11 The Eighteenth-Century Danish, Dutch and Swedish Free Ports in the Northeastern Caribbean: Continuity and Change, "Han Jordaan and Victor Wilson" 12 Dutch Atlantic Decline During The Age of Revolutions, "Gert Oostindie" Section 5: Perspectives on the Dutch Atlantic 13 The Rise and Decline of the Dutch Atlantic, 1600 1800, "Pieter C. Emmer" 14 Conclusion: The Dutch Moment in Atlantic Historiography, "Alison Games" Bibliography Index"Publisher Marketing: This title will be available online in its entirety in Open Access Dutch Atlantic Connections reevaluates the role of the Dutch in the Atlantic between 1680-1800. It shows how pivotal the Dutch were for the functioning of the Atlantic sytem by highlighting both economic and cultural contributions to the Atlantic world.