EURO ST 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Dutch East India Trading, Spice Trade, Primitive Accumulation Of Capital
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The golden age for an economic boom. Formation of the republic and the rise of calvinism in holland laid the foundation. Late 16th and 17th centuries were politically, economically, and culturally a. We"ll be looking at some of the economic conditions that underlay this golden. Some of them are not so golden . We"ll also look at other aspects of modernity, or the modern ethos , that arose. A new way of exercising power rationally; a new relationship. A new response to risk and uncertainty between the state and the economy. To get to these aspects of modernity. We"re going to look at the dutch east india company and the dutch west india company. The role of colonialism and the slave trade in the formation of modernity. Significance of these companies for the history of holland deserves a course in its own. Note the flat of the dutch republic and/or the company flag. Dutch east-india men by henrick conrelis vroom.
