{"product_id":"the-netherlands-colonial-report-card-frederick-amakom-9798199317948","title":"The Netherlands' Colonial Report Card: Trade, Slavery and the Dutch Legacy in Africa","description":"THE NETHERLANDS' COLONIAL REPORT CARD\u003cbr\u003eTrade, Slavery and the Dutch Legacy in Africa\u003cp\u003eThe Dutch Empire helped build the modern global economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etrade, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eshipping, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebanking, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efinance, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand maritime power, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Netherlands became one of the wealthiest commercial empires in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut behind the prosperity stood another reality: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eslavery, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eracial hierarchy, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esettler colonialism, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eforced labor, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eland dispossession, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand African exploitation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did Dutch merchants help shape the Atlantic slave trade?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat role did Dutch colonialism play in the foundations of apartheid in South Africa?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd how did Africa help finance Europe's rise through slavery and colonial commerce?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Netherlands' Colonial Report Card\u003c\/i\u003e, Frederick Amakom delivers a powerful and deeply researched examination of the Dutch Empire's role in Africa and the Atlantic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking book explores: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Dutch slave trade, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElmina Castle, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Cape Colony, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfrikaner settler expansion, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eracial hierarchy, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eplantation slavery, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfrican resistance, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecolonial capitalism, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand the long-term consequences of empire.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also investigates how Dutch colonial history continues shaping modern debates surrounding: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eracism, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereparations, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecapitalism, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecolonial memory, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emigration, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand global inequality.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside this compelling historical analysis, you will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe true history of Dutch colonialism in Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dutch role in the Atlantic slave trade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElmina Castle and the slave forts of West Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Middle Passage explained\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlavery and the rise of modern capitalism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dutch East India Company and Dutch West India Company\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cape Colony and settler colonialism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe origins of Afrikaner identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDutch racial systems and the roots of apartheid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfrican resistance to slavery and colonial rule\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaroon resistance movements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDutch colonialism and global trade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColonial wealth and modern inequality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe politics of colonial memory and reparations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA final report card grading the Dutch Empire's legacy in Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither anti-European propaganda nor colonial nostalgia, this book offers a serious and uncompromising examination of one of the most influential commercial empires in world history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers interested in: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfrican history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDutch Empire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAtlantic slave trade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouth African history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApartheid origins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColonialism and capitalism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlavery and race\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlobal economic history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEuropean imperialism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfrican resistance movements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElmina Castle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSettler colonialism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColonial 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