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dc.contributor.authorHOONHOUT, Bram Michael
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-23T15:06:50Z
dc.date.available2021-02-22T03:45:06Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationFlorence : European University Institute, 2017en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/45449
dc.descriptionDefence date: 22 February 2017en
dc.descriptionExamining Board: Professor Jorge Flores, European University Institute; Professor Regina Grafe European University Institute; Professor Cátia Antunes European University Institute; Professor Gert Oostindie, KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studiesen
dc.description.abstractWhen, in 1796, the British invasion fleet approached the Demerara River, its commanders were in for an unpleasant surprise. The expedition, arriving from Barbados with some 1,300 men, aimed to take possession of the Dutch colonies of Essequibo and Demerara on the Guiana coast of South America. Theoretically the British came to offer “protection” to the colonies in the name of the Dutch Stadtholder, in practice they were also keen on taking these lucrative colonies for themselves. The Dutch colonies of Essequibo and especially Demerara already had a high percentage of British planters, and their fertile soils carried the promise of great riches. The coffee, sugar and cotton planters could fuel the unfolding Industrial Revolution in Britain with the raw material for its machines and the consumer goods for its workforce.
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dc.publisherEuropean University Instituteen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUIen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHECen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPhD Thesisen
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/1814/45530
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/1814/45529
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.subject.lcshEssequibo -- History
dc.subject.lcshDemerara -- History
dc.subject.lcshGuiana -- History
dc.subject.lcshGreat Britain -- Colonies -- West Indies, British
dc.subject.lcshWest Indies, British -- Commerce -- History -- 18th century
dc.subject.lcshWest Indies, British -- History -- 18th century
dc.subject.lcshAtlantic Ocean Region -- History -- 18th century
dc.titleThe West Indian web : improvising colonial survival in Essequibo and Demerara, 1750-1800en
dc.typeThesisen
dc.identifier.doi10.2870/329011
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dc.embargo.terms2021-02-22
dc.description.versionThesis chapter 4 'The commercial web : mercantilism, cash crops and captives as contraband' was previously published as and article in Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis (2013) and as a chapter in the book 'Beyond empires : global, self-organizing, cross-imperial networks, 1500-1800' (2016)


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