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A fresh examination of Dutch transatlantic trade in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this multi-authored volume demonstrates that Atlantic commerce was much larger and valuable for the Dutch economy than hitherto thought, and it challenges the assumed dominance of commerce with Asia. "Riches from Atlantic Commerce" has been selected by "Choice" as Outstanding Academic Title (2005).

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A fresh examination of Dutch transatlantic trade in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this multi-authored volume demonstrates that Atlantic commerce was much larger and valuable for the Dutch economy than hitherto thought, and it challenges the assumed dominance of commerce with Asia. "Riches from Atlantic Commerce" has been selected by "Choice" as Outstanding Academic Title (2005).
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Johannes Postma, Ph.D. in History (1970, Michigan State University) was Professor of History at Minnesota State University at Mankato from 1969 to 2001. He is the author of several articles on Atlantic history and two books, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1800 (1990), and The Atlantic Slave Trade (2003). He continues his research and writing in retirement, and is presently living in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. Victor Enthoven, Ph.D. (1996), University of Leiden, was affiliated for several years with the Institute for the History of European Expansion (IGEER) at the same university. He has published several articles and books on Dutch expansion and Atlantic and Asian history, as well as on maritime history and the history of public finance. At present he is Assistant Professor of Maritime History at the Royal Netherlands Naval College at Den Helder, Netherlands.