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Book SynopsisSusanah Shaw Romney locates the foundations of the early modern Dutch empire in interpersonal transactions among women and men. Using vivid stories culled from Dutch-language archives, Romney brings to the fore the essential role of women in forming and securing relationships, and she reveals how a dense web of these intimate networks created imperial structures from the ground up.
Trade ReviewA complex, refreshing view of the Dutch Atlantic world.-
ChoiceCritically engages Dutch and American historiographies of colonization while presenting a suggestive new approach for understanding empires as social networks based in intimacy.-
The Journal of American HistoryAn important book in demonstrating how early modern empires were built and functioned and how inhabitants from all social ranks on both sides of the Atlantic negotiated and made sense of their place within empire.-
de Halve MaenAn innovative and important addition to the thriving field of New Netherland studies, as well as to the study of early modern European colonization.-
William & Mary QuarterlyRomney offers a complex, refreshing view of the Dutch Atlantic world, constituting a much-needed intervention in the field of New Netherland studies.-
Choice[Romney] has given historians a new way of conceptualizing and understanding Atlantic world empires.-
American Historical ReviewAn excellent book that is narrowly focused with wide implications.-
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