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Physics as a calling, science for society
studies in honour of A.J. Kox
2013 || Paperback || Ad Maas e.a. || Leiden Publications
The contributions in this volume cover the period between roughly 1850 and 1950, focusing for the most part on Dutch science. We find out why the world-famous Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory lost its leading position in the 1930s, how research on hormones and vitamins was established in the Netherlands, and how the discipline of modern experimental physics was strongly influenced by practices in astronomy.
By the first half of the twentieth century, fundamental research had acquired an almost invi...
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World History – A Genealogy
private Conversations with World Historians, 1996-2016
2017 || Paperback || Carolien Stolte e.a. || Leiden Publications
"World History - A Genealogy" charts the history of the discipline through twenty-five in-depth conversations with historians whose work has shaped the field of World History in various fundamental ways. These conversations, which took place over a period of twenty years in and around Leiden University for its World History journal "Itinerario", cover these historians' lives, their work, and their views of the Academy in general and the field of World History in particular. An extensive intro...
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De Nederlandsche Bank and the last decades of slavery, 1814-1863
2023 || Paperback || Karwan Fatah-Black e.a. || Leiden Publications
In the nineteenth century, when the principal cultural, political, and financial institutions of the Netherlands were established, slavery was still very much part of the nation’s global imperial structures. Dutch families, institutions, and governments are increasingly interested in the role their predecessors played in this history of colonialism and enslavement.
This book is a history of De Nederlandsche Bank in which particular attention is paid to its links with slavery, both as a fac...