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

Book Overview

This study investigates a less-than-wholesome chapter in capitalism's early manifestation in the Dutch Republic and its seventeenth-century global economic entanglements in the arms trade and mercenary warfare, showing how the Dutch accumulation of great wealth was closely linked to their involvement in warfare at home and far abroad.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103208703X
• ISBN13: 9781032087030
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"