Realm Between Empires: The Second Dutch Atlantic, 1680-1815

by Willem Klooster, Wim Klooster, Gert Oostindie

Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie present a fresh look at the Dutch Atlantic in the period following the imperial moment of the seventeenth century. This epoch (1680-1815), the authors argue, marked a distinct and significant era in which Dutch military power declined and Dutch colonies began to chart a more autonomous path.

The loss of Brazil and New Netherland were twin blows to Dutch imperial pretensions. Yet the Dutch Atlantic hardly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501705261
• ISBN13: 9781501705267
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher