Migration and its legacies in the Dutch colonial world (original) (raw)
2008, Gert Oostindie (ed.), Dutch colonialism, migration and cultural heritage
The fragmentation of memory is one of the many legacies of Dutch colonialism in Asia, Africa, the Americas and ultimately * tr* Netherlands itself. The historiography of Dutch coloniarism can be neatly divided into geographic branches, with each of these subdivided into smader entities. This book aims to broaden the perspective by presenting a comparative approach to colonial migrations in the Dutch orbit. This introductorychapter piåvides a bird,s eye view of relevant colonial history as well as a succinct disiussion of the maj"or types of migration sparked by Dutch colonial rule and some prelimináry observations oñ the resultant cultural legacies.l An exceedingly brief history of Dutch colonialism To provide some context, a few words on the general outlines of Dutch colonial history are requisite. l4lhile Dutch ships were engaged in incidental explorations and commercial pursuits all over the tropús by the late sixteenth cenfury, the scale and organization of overseas expansion was greatly enhanced with the establishment of the Dr.itch East Indies companylvoi, and the Dutch wesr Indies Company (wIC, r6z7-1,7g2).Thís would lead to the establishment of a series of traàing posts along with a number of genuine colonies mainly administrated by thesé companiãs.
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