(Ebook) Realm between Empires: The Second Dutch Atlantic, 1680-1815 by Wim Klooster; Gert Oostindie ISBN 9781501719592, 9781501719608, 1501719599, 1501719602

(Ebook) Realm between Empires: The Second Dutch Atlantic, 1680-1815 by Wim Klooster; Gert Oostindie ISBN 9781501719592, 9781501719608, 1501719599, 1501719602

The loss of Brazil and New Netherland were twin blows to Dutch imperial pretensions. Yet the Dutch Atlantic hardly faded into insignificance. Instead, the influence of the Dutch remained, as they were increasingly drawn into the imperial systems of Britain, Spain, and France. In their synthetic and comparative history, Klooster and Oostindie reveal the fragmented identity and interconnectedness of the Dutch in three Atlantic theaters: West Africa, Guiana, and the insular Caribbean. They show that the colonies and trading posts were heterogeneous in their governance, religious profiles, and ethnic compositions and were marked by creolization. Even as colonial control weakened, the imprint of Dutch political, economic, and cultural authority would mark territories around the Atlantic for decades to come.