For four centuries, people from the Netherlands have gone to America by boat or plane, to explore the country, to trade, to colonise, to settle, to do business, to find a new future or simply to visit the country as a tourist. And for four centuries, Americans, of diverse backgrounds, of native, African or European descent, have come to the Netherlands. These are their stories.

This book begins in the seventeenth century, when settlers commissioned by the West India Company settled on the sou...

Since Patrick Wolfe’s groundbreaking work on settler colonialism’s logic of elimination, the field has rapidly expanded, sparking debate about its origins, characteristics, and global impact. This volume advances the discussion by o ering a long-term, comparative analysis of settler colonialism as a structural phenomenon. Drawing on diverse case studies – from ancient Mediterranean societies to contemporary visions of settling Mars – contributors critically examine key questions: What...

It is the paradox at the heart of the Dutch Republic: how could a state emerge from resistance to political slavery and subjugation by a foreign power, only to become a colonial empire that promoted slavery all over the world? Slavery and the Dutch State shows how the modern Dutch state and its predecessors were complicit in colonial slavery. It describes the roles of various actors, such as enslaved people, administrators and merchants in the Netherlands and the colonized societies. More tha...

Ons beeld van de Middeleeuwen hangt aan elkaar van onuitroeibare clichés. Men denkt aan nobele ridders, hoofse liefde en lichtende kathedralen, duistere kerkers, roofzuchtige drakenschepen en de Zwarte Dood. Maar dit tweekoppige beeld is het product van Renaissance en Romantiek. Het is gebaseerd op beperkte, door de verbeelding vertekende aspecten van deze lange en complexe periode uit de Europese geschiedenis. Want in recent onderzoek wordt de duizend jaar tussen 500 en 1500 vooral gezien a...

Veilig is de eerste en enige periodieke publicatie in Nederland over erfgoed op het gebied van de publieke veiligheid. In dit jaarboek staat de uitgebreide en toonaangevende collectie van Korpora, Erfgoed Publieke Veiligheid centraal, in bedrijf sinds 1 augustus 2022. De collectie wordt momenteel gevormd door de nationale collecties van de Nederlandse politie en brandweer, het Nederlandse Rode Kruis, de voormalige Bescherming Bevolking en erfgoed op het gebied van crisisbeheersing, rampenbest...

Scheepshistorie is een rijk geïllustreerd maritiem magazine in full-colour en verschijnt twee keer per jaar. Elke aflevering is opgemaakt op boekformaat, beslaat 128 pagina's en bevat gevarieerde en interessante onderwerpen over de Nederlandse maritieme geschiedenis door de eeuwen heen.

The many preserved collections of student notes from the early modern period – ranging from neatly maintained notebooks to barely legible scribbles crammed between lines of printed text – hold considerable but largely untapped potential as an historical source. At the same time, the analysis of these notes poses significant challenges for scholars. This book aims to be a concise and accessible companion for scholars interested in engaging with this young and burgeoning research field. Wri...