TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Cape Conflict : protests and political alliances in a Dutch settlement
A1  - Baartman, Teun, kirjoittaja
LA  - eng
PP  - Leiden
PB  - Leiden University Press
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5469452
AB  - From 1652 until 1795, the Cape of Good Hope was a Dutch settlement marked by tensions, often portrayed as antagonism between the oppressive Dutch East India Company (VOC) and aggrieved burgher as the underdogs. However, by comparing the political structures, institutions and dynamics of the Dutch Republic and its overseas settlement, the author demonstrates that the relationship was more cooperative and that the Cape burghers were able to influence policies in their favour similar to the way burghers in the Dutch Republic did by forming political factions. Using the Cape Conflict of the later eighteenth century as a case study, Baartman illustrates that it was in fact a fight for power between factions within the ruling elite, which consisted of VOC officials and burghers. This book offers new evidence, different interpretations and an innovative narrative about where burghers came from, what their position was, and how the Cape political world operated.
SN  - 978-90-8728-334-6 nidottu
SN  - 9087283342
KW  - Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie : History.
KW  - To 1795
KW  - Colonies : Africa : History.
KW  - Netherlands : Colonies : History.
KW  - Dutch : South Africa : Cape of Good Hope : History.
KW  - Politics and government.
KW  - Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) : History : To 1795.
KW  - Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) : Politics and government : To 1795.
KW  - South Africa : Cape of Good Hope.
ER  -