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Realm between Empires
The Second Dutch Atlantic, 1680-1815
2018 || Hardcover || Wim Klooster e.a. || Leiden University Press
Wim Klooster and Gert Oostindie present a fresh look at the Dutch Atlantic in the period following the imperial moment of the seventeenth century. This epoch (1680–1815), the authors argue, marked a distinct and significant era in which Dutch military power declined and Dutch colonies began to chart a more autonomous path.
The loss of Brazil and New Netherland were twin blows to Dutch imperial pretensions. Yet the Dutch Atlantic hardly faded into insignificance. Instead, the influence of th...
Proportional Systems in the History of Architecture
A Critical Reconsideration
2018 || Hardcover || Matthew A. Cohen e.a. || Leiden University Press
Since the origins of architectural history, proportional systems have served as objects of belief and modes of iconographical communication. Whether they are capable of fulfilling more tangible functions remains a matter of debate today, for this ancient and diverse belief system continues to infiltrate architectural thinking in subtle and sometimes surprising ways.
In this collection of original essays, twenty-six leading scholars reconsider the long history of proportional systems across nu...
The Operations of the Navy in the Dutch East Indies and the Bay of Bengal
2018 || Hardcover || Willem Remmelink || Leiden University Press
Between 1966 and 1980, the War History Office of the National Defense College of Japan (now the Center for Military History of the National Institute for Defense Studies) published the 102-volume Senshi Sōsho (War History Series). These volumes give a detailed account of the operations of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. The present volume, The Operations of the Navy in the Dutch East Indies and the Bay of Bengal, volume 26 of the series, des...
Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen
2018 || Hardcover || Johan Huizinga || Leiden University Press || met inkijkexemplaar
"Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen" van Johan Huizinga verscheen voor het eerst in 1919. Honderd jaar later geniet Herfsttij terecht een onverminderde populariteit. Het boek is een van de grootste en meeslependste klassieke geschiedwerken. Zowel in binnen- als buitenland is er grote waardering voor Huizinga’s werk – niet alleen vanwege zijn inlevingsvermogen in de geschiedenis en zijn cultuurhistorische visie, maar ook omwille van zijn prachtige taalgebruik. Herfsttij is in meer dan twintig tale...