Dutch colonialism, migration and cultural heritage / edited by Gert Oostindie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oostindie, Gert.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave trade.

History.

Colonies.

Historiography.

Emigration and immigration.

Netherlands--Colonies--History.

Netherlands.

Netherlands--Emigration and immigration--History.

Netherlands--Colonies--Historiography.

Slave trade--Netherlands--History.

Physical Description:

xi, 360 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Leiden : KITLV, 2008.

Summary:

Migration flows in the former Dutch colonial orbit created an intricate web connecting the Netherlands to Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Some of these migrations were voluntary, others were forced; they helped to create colonial societies that were never typically Dutch, but did have Dutch characteristics. Scholars discuss these migration histories and reflect on the ways this past and its repercussions are remembered--or forgotten, or actively silenced--throughout the former colonial empire. Gert Oostindie is director of KITLV and professor of Caribbean history at Leiden University.

Contents:

Migration and its legacies in the Dutch colonial world / Gert Oostindie

Heritage trails: international cultural heritage policies in a European perspective / Anouk Fienieg ... [et al.]

Historical memory and national canons / Gert Oostindie

European migration in the Dutch sphere / Gijs Kruijtzer

Patterns of slave trading and slavery in the Dutch colonial world, 1596-1863 / Rik van Welie

Indentured labour in the Dutch colonial empire, 1800-1940 / Thio Termorshuizen

Population figures / Hanneke Lommerse.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789067183178

9067183172

OCLC:

272397285