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Piet Emmer

Born

in Haarlem, Netherlands

October 17, 1944

Website

https://hoogleraren.universiteitleiden.nl/id/3104

Genre

Colonial History, Slavery, Immigration

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Prof. Dr. Piet Emmer studied history and economics at Leiden University. He worked at the University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Economic Sciences) where he obtained his PhD in 1974 with the thesis 'England, the Netherlands, Africa and the slave trade in the nineteenth century'. He then worked at Leiden University until 2009, as full professor of the history of European expansion and related migration and slavery. In addition, he was an associate professor at the University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, from 1 September 2005 to 1 September 2007. He was also a Visiting Fellow at Churchill College in Cambridge, the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study and the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in Wassenaar. ...more

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Bij de slavernijherdenking worden belangrijke historische feiten verzwegen

Elk jaar bijna hetzelfde ritueel. Bij het slavernijmonument in het Oosterpark te Amsterdam herdenkt een groep belangstellenden – vorig jaar was ook de Koning present – het feit dat Nederland per 1 juli 1863 de slavernij in zijn West-Indische koloniën heeft afgeschaft.

Een woordvoerder van het Nationaal instituut Nederlands slavernijverleden en erfenis (NiNsee) wijst dan meestal met de beschuldigend

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Average rating: 3.49 · 271 ratings · 28 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavenhandel 3.81 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavernij in een notendop 3.46 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het zwart-witdenken voorbij: Een bijdrage aan de discussie over kolonialisme, slavernij en migratie 2.98 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rijk aan de rand van de wereld by Piet Emmer, Jos Gommans 3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dutch Overseas Empire, 1600–1800 by Piet Emmer, Jos Gommans 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reappraisals in Overseas History by Piet Emmer, H.L. Wesseling 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1979 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colonialism and Migration; Indentured Labour Before and After Slavery 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Societies: The Caribbean in the Long Sixteenth Century (General History of the Caribbean #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	European Expansion and Migration: Essays on the Intercontinental Migration from Africa, Asia and Europe by Piet Emmer (Editor), M. Mörner (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wegsturen of binnenlaten? Tien vragen en antwoorden over migratie by Piet Emmer, Hans Wansink liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A give-and-take situation was created between the two sides so that that slavery could continue to exist.”
― Piet Emmer, De geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavernij in een notendop

tags: atlantic-slavery, dutch-slavery, slavery, surinam

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“I continue to marvel at this. We got incredibly angry when the city of Palmyra, Syria, was destroyed by IS because the city was reminiscent of pre-Muslim times, shall we say. And I see this as an extension of that. It is nonsense to think that you can erase a past that you don't like.”
― Piet Emmer

tags: dutch-slave-trade, dutch-slavery, is, isis, islam, netherlands, palmyra, slavery, syria

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“Het begon eigenlijk pas nadat mijn boek Het zwart-witdenken voorbij vorig jaar een geweldig succes werd. Daarin schreef ik onder meer over Johan Maurits, en het boek verscheen precies in de periode dat het Mauritshuis begon te twijfelen aan de naam van het museum, omdat gesuggereerd werd dat het verleden van het Mauritshuis was ‘gepasteuriseerd’. Daarom stelde de uitgever voor om mijn Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavenhandel te actualiseren en opnieuw uit te geven.”
― Piet Emmer, De geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavernij in een notendop

tags: nederland, nederlandse-slavenhandel, nederlandse-slavernij, piet-emmer, slavernij

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