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The Dutch Diaspora
The Netherlands and Its Settlements in Africa, Asia, and the Americas
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2007
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The Dutch Diaspora is a comprehensive and personal study of the former colonial empire of the Netherlands. The Netherlands is considered one of the most successful societies and at one point was the world's largest empire_stretching from Japan to the United States. The author, Howard Wiarda, who grew up in western Michigan and is himself of Dutch descent, combines thorough scholarship with first-hand experience of travels to the far-flung former colonies. The study analyzes how colonies reacted to the ideological beliefs implanted by the Dutch settlers and how those colonies evolved in terms of cultural, religious, and political beliefs. For example, the Dutch in the seventeenth century brought Calvinism to South Africa and entrepreneurialism to New Amsterdam and Cura_ao and in the nineteenth century supported slave plantation systems in Indonesia and Suriname, but as time passed the evolution of the colonies was telling. The United States outgrew Great Britain in wealth and power, but while Calvinism declined in the Netherlands it remained vibrant and progressive in the American Midwest. In many ways, the former colonies adapted to modernization better than the mother country. The Dutch Diaspora is an insightful and accessible study of colonialism useful to upper-level undergraduates and all students and researchers of Dutch history.
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Copyright year
2007
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-2104-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-5442-7
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
237
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Preface No access
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Dutch and Their Colonial Fragments No access Pages 1 - 6
Chapter 2 The Netherlands: A Proud History and Culture No access Pages 7 - 18
Chapter 3 The Dutch Community in Western Michigan No access Pages 19 - 30
Chapter 4 Growing Up Dutch Zion on the Prairies No access Pages 31 - 46
Chapter 5 New Amsterdam and the East Coast Dutch No access Pages 47 - 60
Chapter 6 The Modern Netherlands: Community in Crisis No access Pages 61 - 86
Chapter 7 The Americas: The Dutch in Brazil, Suriname, and the Caribbean No access Pages 87 - 112
Chapter 8 Dying Memories: The Dutch Empire in Asia No access Pages 113 - 124
Chapter 9 Indonesia: The Epitome of Colonialism and Imperialism No access Pages 125 - 140
Chapter 10 South Africa and the Apartheid Regime No access Pages 141 - 164
Chapter 11 Back to the Origins: Geneva and the Protestant Reformation No access Pages 165 - 186
Chapter.12 Struggling to Survive: The Reformed Tradition in Austro-Hungary No access Pages 187 - 206
Chapter 13 Conclusion: The Dutch Diaspora in Its One and Many Parts No access Pages 207 - 220
