The Dutch Atlantic
Subtitle: slavery, abolition and emancipation
By: Kwame Nimako and Glenn Willemsen
Contributors: Willemsen, Glenn Frank Walter
Series: Decolonial studies, postcolonial horizons; Decolonial studies, postcolonial horizons
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780745331089; 9780745331072
Subjects: History; Slave trade; Antislavery movements; Slavery
Description: "The Dutch Atlantic investigates the Dutch involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and assesses the historical consequences of this for contemporary European society. Kwame Nimako and Glenn Willemsen show how the slave trade and slavery intertwined economic, social and cultural elements, including nation-state formation in the Netherlands and across Europe. They explore the mobilization of European populations in the implementation of policies that facilitated the slave trade and examine how European countries created and expanded laws that perpetuated colonization. Addressing key themes such as the incorporation of former slaves into post-slavery states and contemporary collective efforts to forget and/or remember slavery and its legacy in the Netherlands, this is an essential text for students of European history and postcolonial studies." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.