The Dirty Secret of Early Modern Capitalism: The Global Reach of the Dutch Arms Trade, Warfare and Mercenaries...

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Kees Boterbloem

The Dirty Secret of Early Modern Capitalism

The Global Reach of the Dutch Arms Trade, Warfare and Mercenaries in the Seventeenth Century...

Kees Boterbloem

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English

Routledge
30 October 2019

European history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Military history; Armaments industries

Series: Routledge Research in Early Modern History

This book shows how the Dutch accumulation of great wealth was closely linked to their involvement in warfare. By charting Dutch activity across the globe, it explores Dutch participation in the international arms trade, and in wars both at home and abroad. In doing so, it ponders the issue of how capitalism has often historically thrived best when its practitioners are ruthless and ignore the human cost of their search for riches. This complicates the traditional Marxist understanding of capitalists as middle-class exploiters in arguing for a much greater agency among lower-class Dutch soldiers and sailors in their efforts to benefit from skills that were in high demand.

By: Kees Boterbloem
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 489g
ISBN: 9781138692886
ISBN 10: 1138692883
Series: Routledge Research in Early Modern History
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 30 October 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kees Boterbloem is full professor in the Department of History at the University of South Florida in Tampa.