{"product_id":"lobbying-in-company-economic-interests-and-political-decision-making-in-the-history-of-dutch-brazil-1621-1656-9789004397958","title":"Lobbying in Company: Economic Interests and Political Decision Making in the History of Dutch Brazil, 1621–1656","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList 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\/\u0026gt; 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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210773651799,"sku":"9789004397958","price":112.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lobbying-in-company-economic-interests-and-political-decision-making-in-the-history-of-dutch-brazil-1621-1656-9789004397958","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}