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Book SynopsisIn Lobbying in Company, Joris van den Tol argues that people made a difference in the Dutch West India Company colony in Brazil (1630–1654). Through a combination of petitions, personal relations, and public opinion, individuals were able to exercise influence on the decision-making process regarding Dutch Brazil. His thorough analysis of these different elements offers a new perspective on the Atlantic and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century as well as a better understanding of lobbying in the early modern period.
Table of ContentsList of Figures, Graphs and Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1 Lobbying for the Creation of the WIC 1 The Dutch Republic 1.1 The Cities 1.2 Provincial States 1.3 States General 1.4 The Stadtholders 1.5 Conflicting Powersbr/> 2 The West India Company 2.1 Willem Usselincx 2.2 The Layout of the WIC 3 Brazil 4 Conclusion 2 Lobbying in Brazil 1 1624/1630–1636: Ad Hoc Solutions 2 1637–1646: Consolidation and a Prince in the Tropics 2.1 The Diet as a Colonial Tool 2.2 The Brazilian Diet of 1640 2.3 The 81 Petitions of August 1640 2.4 Petitions for Regulations 3 Religious Affairs 3.1 The Power of the Church 4 Slavery 4.1 Access to Institutions for Non-European 5 The Possible Consequence of Top-Down Decision Making 5.1 Johan Maurits’ Reaction 5.2 The Reactions from the Council of Justice and the Ministers 6 Conclusion 3 Trading Regulations or Free Trade 1 The Opening Moves 2 Selecting the Playing Field 3 Making It Count 4 Making It Count Even More 5 The Role of the Amsterdam City Council 6 Delaying a Decision 7 Lobbying to and from the Colony 8 Conclusion 4 Petitioning the Public Sphere 1 What Is the Public Sphere? 2 The Dutch Public Sphere 2.1 Pamphlets and Dutch Brazil 3 Petitions and Public Opinion 3.1 Printed Petitions 4 Multiple Signatures on Petitions 4.1 Group Petitions to the States General 5 Managing Information of the Revolt in Brazil 6 Petitioning the Public Sphere on Brazil 7 Petitioning the Public Sphere on the Atlantic 7.1 Other Forms of Signatures 8 Conclusion 5 Personal Connections and Direct Lobbying 1 Personal Connections and Societal Capital 2 Appointing a New High Government in Brazil 3 Background Issues 3.1 Peace Negotiations in Münster 3.2 A Frisian Chamber in the WIC 4 Information Control 5 Personal Relations 6 Conclusion 6 The Last Hope, 1652–1654 1 The Second Battle of Guarapes 2 Why Was Brazil Lost? 3 The Delegates from Brazil 4 Requesting a Resolution from the States General 5 A Delegation to Friesland 5.1 The Report from the Friesland Commission 6 Accelerating the Admiralties 7 Seizing Momentum 8 Planning for the Future 9 It Is All about the Money 9.1 It Is about the People 10 The Loss of Brazil 11 Conclusion 7 Lobbying for Money in the Aftermath of Dutch Brazil 1 Return to the Republic 2 Claiming Wages 3 Travel Pennies 4 Shared Features 5 The Printed Petition from the Army 6 Conclusion 8 Making the Company Work Appendix A – Free Trade Exports from Brazil in 1637 Manuscript Sources Secondary Literature and Published Sources Index
