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 (University of South Florida USA) 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
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Primary
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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.
