The legacy of Dutch Brazil / edited by Michiel van Groesen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Groesen, Michiel van, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dutch--Brazil--History--17th century.

Dutch.

Brazil--History--Dutch Conquest, 1624-1654.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 363 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book argues that Dutch Brazil (1624-54) is an integral part of Atlantic history and that it made an impact well beyond colonial and national narratives in the Netherlands and Brazil. In doing so, this book proposes a radical shift in interpretation. The Dutch Atlantic is widely perceived as an incongruity among more durable European empires, whereas Brazil occupies an exceptional place in the history of Latin America, which leads to a view of Dutch Brazil as self-contained and historically isolated. The Legacy of Dutch Brazil shows that repercussions of the Dutch infiltration in the Southern Hemisphere resonated across the Atlantic Basin and remained long after the fall of the colony. By examining its regional, national, and cosmopolitan legacies, thirteen authors trace the memories and mythologies of Dutch Brazil from the colonial period up until the present day and engage in broader debates on geopolitical and cultural changes at the crossroads of Atlantic and Latin American studies.

Contents:

Introduction : the legacy of an interlude / Michiel van Groesen, University of Amsterdam

The geopolitical impact of Dutch Brazil on the Western Hemisphere / Wim Klooster

Looking for a new Brazil : crisis and rebirth in the Atlantic world after the fall of Pernambuco / Stuart B. Schwartz

From Dutch allies to Portuguese vassals : indigenous peoples in the aftermath of Dutch Brazil / Mark Meuwese

From Brazil to West Africa : Dutch-Portuguese rivalry, gold-smuggling, and African politics in the Bight of Benin / Roquinaldo Ferreira

Global connections : Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen's collection of curiosities / Mariana Françozo

Breaking the Christian Atlantic : the legacy of Dutch tolerance in Brazil / Evan Haefeli

How Dutch Brazil affects your emotions : the Antwerp Jesuit Cornelius Hazart on early colonial Brazil / Johan Verberckmoes

Beyond Brazilian nature : the editorial itineraries of Marcgraf and Piso's Historia naturalis brasiliae / Neil Safier

Dutch Brazil and the making of free trade ideology / Arthur Weststeijn

Heroic memories : admirals of Dutch Brazil in the rise of Dutch national consciousness / Michiel van Groesen

Who owns Frans Post? : collecting Frans Post's Brazilian landscapes / Rebecca Parker Brienen

Visual impact : the long legacy of the artists of Dutch Brazil / Julie Berger Hochstrasser

Epilogue : mythologies of Dutch Brazil / Joan-Pau Rubiés.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-99086-1

1-316-01146-1

1-139-98624-4

1-316-01370-7

1-107-44777-1

1-316-00696-4

1-316-00246-2

1-316-00920-3

1-316-00470-8

OCLC:

881165601