| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 226 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830 ; volume 31
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Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 31.
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| Summary |
"In White Lies and Black Markets, Fatah-Black offers a new account of the colonization of Suriname--one of the major European plantation colonies on the Guiana Coast--in the period between 1650-1800. While commonly portrayed as an isolated tropical outpost, this study places the colony in the context of its connections to the rest of the Atlantic world. These economic and migratory links assured the colony's survival, but also created many incentives to evade the mercantilistically inclined metropolitan authorities. By combining the available data on Dutch and North American shipping with accounts of major political and economic developments, the author uncovers a hitherto hidden world of illicit dealings, and convincingly argues that these illegal practices were essential to the development and survival of the colony, and woven into the fabric of the colonial project itself"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Origins of Dutch and European colonization in Suriname -- To these lands and to nowhere else? -- The ascent of the Surinamer, 1690s-1730s -- Local supplies of labor and provisions -- Controlling the slave trade -- Trade with the heartland of independence -- Consulted archives. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Black market -- Suriname -- History.
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Black market. |
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Suriname. |
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History. |
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Suriname -- Colonization.
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Colonization. |
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Suriname -- Commerce -- Netherlands.
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Commerce. |
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Netherlands. |
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Suriname -- Commerce -- North America.
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North America. |
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Netherlands -- Commerce -- Suriname.
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North America -- Commerce -- Suriname.
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Shipping -- Suriname -- History.
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Shipping. |
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Immigrants -- Suriname -- History.
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Immigrants. |
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Economic development -- Suriname -- History.
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Economic development. |
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Suriname -- Politics and government -- To 1814.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1814 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fatah-Black, Karwan. White lies and black markets 9789004283329 (DLC) 2015004854 (OCoLC)900685672 |
| ISBN |
9789004283350 electronic book |
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9004283358 electronic book |
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9789004283329 (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
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9004283323 (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004283350 |
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