Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 384 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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Portuguese language |
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Dutch language |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Atlantic world ; v. 22
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Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 22.
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Thesis |
doctoral Leiden, Universiteit 2009 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-384) 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. |
Summary |
By looking at Dutch and Portuguese systems of settlement and trade in Western Africa, this book sheds new light on the formation of Dutch and Portuguese imperial frames, forms of commercial organisation and their role on the seventeenth-century-Atlantic. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Portuguese. |
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History. |
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Africa, West -- Discovery and exploration -- Portuguese.
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West Africa. |
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Discoveries in geography. |
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Africa, West -- Discovery and exploration -- Dutch.
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Portuguese -- Africa, West -- History.
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Dutch -- Africa, West -- History.
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Dutch. |
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Netherlands -- Colonies -- Economic aspects -- Africa.
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Netherlands. |
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Colonies. |
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Africa. |
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Portugal -- Colonies -- Economic aspects -- Africa.
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Portugal. |
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Africa, West -- History -- To 1884.
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Chronological Term |
To 1884 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Academic theses.
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Academic theses.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Silva, Filipa Ribeiro da, 1974- Dutch and Portuguese in western Africa. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011 9789004201514 (DLC) 2011018366 (OCoLC)709666561 |
ISBN |
9789004201514 (electronic book) |
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9004201513 (electronic book) |
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9789004206908 (electronic book) |
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9004206906 (electronic book) |
Standard No. |
9786613161314 |
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