The Dirty Secret of Early Modern Capitalism

The Global Reach of the Dutch Arms Trade, Warfare and Mercenaries in the Seventeenth Century

By:

Kees Boterbloem

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Hardback

Series:

Routledge Research in Early Modern History

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This book shows how the Dutch accumulation of great wealth was closely linked to their involvement in warfare. By charting Dutch activity across the globe, it explores Dutch participation in the international arms trade, and in wars both at home and abroad. In doing so, it ponders the issue of how capitalism has often historically thrived best when its practitioners are ruthless and ignore the human cost of their search for riches. This complicates the traditional Marxist understanding of capitalists as middle-class exploiters in arguing for a much greater agency among lower-class Dutch soldiers and sailors in their efforts to benefit from skills that were in high demand.

Author Biography:

Kees Boterbloem is full professor in the Department of History at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

Release date Australia

October 30th, 2019

Author

Kees Boterbloem

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

244

Series

Routledge Research in Early Modern History

ISBN-13

9781138692886

Product ID

37113408

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