Title Colonialism and slavery : an alternative history of the port city of Rotterdam / edited by Gert Oostindie

Published Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (247 pages) : color illustrations Contents Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I COLONIAL AND POSTCOLONIAL ROTTERDAM -- II ROTTERDAM'S COLONIAL CONNECTIONS SHIPPING AND TRADE, INDUSTRY AND FINANCE -- III ROTTERDAM AND TRANSATLANTIC SLAVERY -- IV CIVIC GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESSMEN IN ROTTERDAM. COLONIAL CROSS-FERTILIZATION -- V MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE. TRACES OF A COLONIAL PAST IN THE CITY OF ROTTERDAM -- VI COLONIAL ROTTERDAM. A HOTBED FOR DUTCH MISSIONARY WORK, 1797-1977 -- VII A NEVER-ENDING STORY. COLONIAL COLLECTIONS IN ROTTERDAM -- VIII MAKING A HOME IN ROTTERDAM. COLONIAL AND POSTCOLONIAL MIGRANTS TO AND FROM THE CITY -- IX THE ROAD IS MINE. THE SUMMER CARNIVAL AS A CASE STUDY FOR POSTCOLONIAL ROTTERDAM -- About the Authors -- Index Summary "This book is based on three books in Dutch that were published in 2020 as the result of an assignment given by Rotterdam Municipality to the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean STudies (Kitlv-Knaw) to investigate the city's colonial past and links with slavery. The three books were published together by Boom Uitgevers Amsterdam: Gert Oostindie (ed.), Het koloniale verleden van Rotterdam; Alex van Stripriaan, Rotterdam in slavernij ; Francio Guadeloupe [et al], (eds.), Rotterdam, een postkoloniale stad in beweging."--Title page verso Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Project Muse, viewed on March 30, 2022) Subject Slavery -- Netherlands -- Rotterdam -- History Slave trade -- Netherlands -- Rotterdam -- History Minorities -- Netherlands -- Rotterdam -- Social conditions European history. Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900. Slavery and abolition of slavery. HISTORY / Europe / Western Ethnic relations Minorities -- Social conditions Slave trade Slavery Multiculturele samenleving. Slavenhandel. 17e eeuw. Koloniale geschiedenis. Rotterdam. Racism and racial discrimination. European history. Slavery and abolition of slavery. Rotterdam (Netherlands) -- History. Rotterdam (Netherlands) -- Ethnic relations Netherlands -- Rotterdam Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Oostindie, Gert, editor. ISBN 940060422X 9789400604223

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