Overview

In Lobbying in Company, Joris van den Tol argues that people made a difference in the Dutch West India Company colony in Brazil (1630–1654). Through a combination of petitions, personal relations, and public opinion, individuals were able to exercise influence on the decision-making process regarding Dutch Brazil. His thorough analysis of these different elements offers a new perspective on the Atlantic and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century as well as a better understanding of lobbying in the early modern period.

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Author:   Joris van den Tol
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   38
Weight:   0.686kg
ISBN:  

9789004397958

ISBN 10:   9004397957
Pages:   322
Publication Date:   22 October 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures, Graphs and Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1 Lobbying for the Creation of the WIC 1 The Dutch Republic  1.1 The Cities  1.2 Provincial States  1.3 States General  1.4 The Stadtholders  1.5 Conflicting Powersbr/> 2 The West India Company  2.1 Willem Usselincx  2.2 The Layout of the WIC 3 Brazil 4 Conclusion 2 Lobbying in Brazil 1 1624/1630–1636: Ad Hoc Solutions 2 1637–1646: Consolidation and a Prince in the Tropics  2.1 The Diet as a Colonial Tool  2.2 The Brazilian Diet of 1640  2.3 The 81 Petitions of August 1640  2.4 Petitions for Regulations 3 Religious Affairs  3.1 The Power of the Church 4 Slavery  4.1 Access to Institutions for Non-European 5 The Possible Consequence of Top-Down Decision Making  5.1 Johan Maurits’ Reaction  5.2 The Reactions from the Council of Justice and the Ministers 6 Conclusion 3 Trading Regulations or Free Trade 1 The Opening Moves 2 Selecting the Playing Field 3 Making It Count 4 Making It Count Even More 5 The Role of the Amsterdam City Council 6 Delaying a Decision 7 Lobbying to and from the Colony 8 Conclusion 4 Petitioning the Public Sphere 1 What Is the Public Sphere? 2 The Dutch Public Sphere  2.1 Pamphlets and Dutch Brazil 3 Petitions and Public Opinion  3.1 Printed Petitions 4 Multiple Signatures on Petitions  4.1 Group Petitions to the States General 5 Managing Information of the Revolt in Brazil 6 Petitioning the Public Sphere on Brazil 7 Petitioning the Public Sphere on the Atlantic  7.1 Other Forms of Signatures 8 Conclusion 5 Personal Connections and Direct Lobbying 1 Personal Connections and Societal Capital 2 Appointing a New High Government in Brazil 3 Background Issues  3.1 Peace Negotiations in Münster  3.2 A Frisian Chamber in the WIC 4 Information Control 5 Personal Relations 6 Conclusion 6 The Last Hope, 1652–1654 1 The Second Battle of Guarapes 2 Why Was Brazil Lost? 3 The Delegates from Brazil 4 Requesting a Resolution from the States General 5 A Delegation to Friesland  5.1 The Report from the Friesland Commission 6 Accelerating the Admiralties 7 Seizing Momentum 8 Planning for the Future 9 It Is All about the Money  9.1 It Is about the People 10 The Loss of Brazil 11 Conclusion 7 Lobbying for Money in the Aftermath of Dutch Brazil 1 Return to the Republic 2 Claiming Wages 3 Travel Pennies 4 Shared Features 5 The Printed Petition from the Army 6 Conclusion 8 Making the Company Work Appendix A – Free Trade Exports from Brazil in 1637 Manuscript Sources Secondary Literature and Published Sources Index

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Joris van den Tol (Ph.D., Leiden 2018) is a visiting postdoctoral scholar at Harvard’s History Department on a NWO Rubicon fellowship. He has published on petitions in relation to the colonies in Brazil, New Netherland, and Taiwan and on smuggling.

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