Private Entrepreneurship and European Imperialism: Dutch Entrepreneurs in the Scramble for Africa, 1830s-1910s
Author:   Gijs Dreijer
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Pages:   319
Publication Date:   21 February 2026
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Private Entrepreneurship and European Imperialism: Dutch Entrepreneurs in the Scramble for Africa, 1830s-1910s


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Author:   Gijs Dreijer
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9783032010858


ISBN 10:   3032010853
Pages:   319
Publication Date:   21 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Scramble for and Partition of West (Central) Africa.- Chapter 3: Dutch Entrepreneurs in the Early Scramble for Africa (1830s-1870s).- Chapter 4: Dutch Entrepreneurs in the Partition of Africa (1880s-1890s).- Chapter 5: Dutch Entrepreneurship in the Era of the Concession Companies (1899-192).- Chapter 6: Dutch Entrepreneurs in the Compagnie du Kasaï 1885-1910.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.- Chapter 8: Epilogue.

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Gijs Dreijer is a postdoctoral researcher presently working on a grant from the Gerda Henkel Foundation on Dutch entrepreneurs in nineteenth-century Africa, and a lecturer at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Previously, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University, The Netherlands, and the Alfred D. Chandler Jr. International Visiting Fellow at Harvard Business School. His PhD dissertation on sixteenth-century maritime law in Antwerp was awarded the Frank Broeze Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis in Maritime History. His research interests focus on economic, business, maritime and imperial history.

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