Chapter 2. Imperial Expansion

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: The Great Transformation 1
4. Chapter 1. The Unleashed Lion 11
5. Chapter 2. Imperial Expansion 33
6. Chapter 3. Imperial Decline 74
7. Chapter 4. Between Hunger and Sword 113
8. Chapter 5. Interimperial Trade 146
9. Chapter 6. Migration and Settlement 189
10. Chapter 7. The Non-Dutch 215
11. Epilogue: War, Violence, Slavery, and Freedom 252
12. Acknowledgments 265
13. Appendix A: The Dutch Slave Trade to the French Caribbean, 1650–1675 267
14. Appendix B: Direct Dutch Slave Trade to the Spanish Empire 269
15. Notes 271
16. For Further Reading 405
17. Index 409