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Dutch and Portuguese in western Africa : empires, merchants and the Atlantic system, 1580-1674
Title
Dutch and Portuguese in western Africa : empires, merchants and the Atlantic system, 1580-1674 / by Filipa Ribeiro da Silva.
ISBN
9789004201514 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004201513 (hardback : alk. paper)
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Physical Description
xxviii, 384 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Format
Books / Dissertations & Theses
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 03, 2011
Series
Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830 ; v. 22
Thesis note
Thesis (doctoral)--Leiden, Universiteit, 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I. Building Atlantic empires: the Dutch and the Portuguese models of settlement in western Africa: Building Institutions. Sending people: labour migration and forced labour. Shaping colonial societies
Part II. Western Africa in the Dutch and the Portuguese Atlantic economies: the concept of "Atlantic system" and the study of interactions between states, companies and private merchants: Sailing in African waters: coastal areas and hinterland. Struggling for the Atlantic: the inter-continental trade. Doing business with western Africa: private investors, agency and commercial network
Conclusion: new insights on Dutch-Portuguese rivalries in the Atlantic.
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