{"product_id":"the-world-and-the-netherlands-a-global-history-from-a-dutch-perspective-hardcover","title":"The World and the Netherlands: A Global History from a Dutch Perspective - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKarel Davids\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMarjolein 'T Hart\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eManon Van Der Heijden\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book to examine the history of the country in a way that connects global processes to local developments. Taking account of social, political and economic dynamics over the last thousand years, the book addresses key questions that get to the heart of the Netherlands' role in the world, both historically and in more recent times: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Why did the 'West' become such a significant actor in the world, and what part did the Netherlands play?\u003cbr\u003e- What were the driving forces in state-formation, and in what respects and why did the Netherlands take a different path to most of Europe?\u003cbr\u003e- How did globalisation impact economic structures and socio-cultural life, and how did the Netherlands react to these new challenges?\u003cbr\u003e- How did this very Christian and bourgeois nation develop into a flagship for liberal tolerance? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book carefully balances a wider investigation of these issues with close inspections of how ordinary people experienced the changes they prompted. It also provide a convincing, judicious assessment of the ebbs and flows of this small country's global influence over time: prominent as a Golden Age economic powerhouse, colonial power, and bastion of political freedom in some eras, and yet impotent on the world stage at others. Supplemented with 35 images, 10 maps, a wealth of text boxes, charts and tables, as well as a companion website, this book is the definitive history of the Netherlands in a global context.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarel Davids \u003c\/b\u003eis Full Professor Emeritus of Economic and Social History at VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eGlobal Ocean of Knowledge, 1660-1860 \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2020), \u003ci\u003eReligion, Technology and the Great and Little Divergences \u003c\/i\u003e(2013) and \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Decline of Dutch Technological Leadership \u003c\/i\u003e(2008). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarjolein 't Hart\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of the History Research Department of the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands in The Hague, Netherlands and Professor of the History of State Formation in Global Perspective at VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dutch Wars of Independence \u003c\/i\u003e(2014). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eManon van der Heijden \u003c\/b\u003eis Academic Director of the Institute of History and Professor of Comparative Urban History at Leiden University, Netherlands. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWomen and Crime in Early Modern Holland \u003c\/i\u003e(2016).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 23, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784445100320,"sku":"9781350191938","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/431e33c8aa61425c7d42d086144429d5.webp?v=1780604269","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-world-and-the-netherlands-a-global-history-from-a-dutch-perspective-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}