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A divided common good : rhetoric and debates about wealth and status within the Dutch polycentric state, 1763-1790, Gertjan Schutte

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This thesis investigates Dutch debates on wealth and status in the Dutch polycentric state in the period between 1763 and 1790. This study aims to show the dynamics and characteristics of contemporary visions of wealth, status, and the common good before the consequences of the French and Industrial Revolutions became evident. It relates contemporary arguments and rhetoric to three themes, namely local and national visions of the common good, the relationship between the United Provinces and overseas territories in Asia, Africa, and the West Indies, and the moral economies that were expressed by contemporaries. For this purpose, it shows how contemporary debates about wealth and status were embedded in different contexts, like stagnation in Holland and Zeeland, the growth of plantation economies in the West Indies, and most importantly, a federal model of political decision making. During the eighteenth century the United Provinces retained their overlapping jurisdiction which consisted of provinces, cities, the stadtholderate, trading companies, and the States General. As a result of this polycentric structure, contemporaries related wealth to local and national frameworks for a variety of purposes, including the aim of protecting privileges or contesting particularist visions by articulating a national idea of the common good. In these debates, commentators often used similar ideas and expressions to articulate different, often conflicting arguments and interests. At the same time, debates on wealth were connected to social status, which resulted in elaborate discussions about the behaviour of specific individuals and groups. Contemporaries aimed to regulate the behaviour of various groups and individuals, like untrustworthy bankers, Jewish brokers, and the enslaved population of the Dutch overseas territories. The conflicts between local and national views of the common good and the ambiguities relating to perceptions of wealth and status form the subject of this thesis
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eng
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349 pages
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Examining Board: Professor Ann Thomson, EUI (Supervisor); Professor Regina Grafe, EUI (Second reader); Professor Koen Stapelbroek, James Cook University; Professor Richard Whatmore, University of St. Andrews
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http://hdl.handle.net/1814/74408
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A divided common good : rhetoric and debates about wealth and status within the Dutch polycentric state, 1763-1790
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A divided common good
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rhetoric and debates about wealth and status within the Dutch polycentric state, 1763-1790
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Gertjan Schutte
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eng
Summary
This thesis investigates Dutch debates on wealth and status in the Dutch polycentric state in the period between 1763 and 1790. This study aims to show the dynamics and characteristics of contemporary visions of wealth, status, and the common good before the consequences of the French and Industrial Revolutions became evident. It relates contemporary arguments and rhetoric to three themes, namely local and national visions of the common good, the relationship between the United Provinces and overseas territories in Asia, Africa, and the West Indies, and the moral economies that were expressed by contemporaries. For this purpose, it shows how contemporary debates about wealth and status were embedded in different contexts, like stagnation in Holland and Zeeland, the growth of plantation economies in the West Indies, and most importantly, a federal model of political decision making. During the eighteenth century the United Provinces retained their overlapping jurisdiction which consisted of provinces, cities, the stadtholderate, trading companies, and the States General. As a result of this polycentric structure, contemporaries related wealth to local and national frameworks for a variety of purposes, including the aim of protecting privileges or contesting particularist visions by articulating a national idea of the common good. In these debates, commentators often used similar ideas and expressions to articulate different, often conflicting arguments and interests. At the same time, debates on wealth were connected to social status, which resulted in elaborate discussions about the behaviour of specific individuals and groups. Contemporaries aimed to regulate the behaviour of various groups and individuals, like untrustworthy bankers, Jewish brokers, and the enslaved population of the Dutch overseas territories. The conflicts between local and national views of the common good and the ambiguities relating to perceptions of wealth and status form the subject of this thesis
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Schutte, Gertjan
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Defence date: 4 April 2022
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--European University Institute (HEC), 2022.
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A divided common good : rhetoric and debates about wealth and status within the Dutch polycentric state, 1763-1790, Gertjan Schutte
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http://hdl.handle.net/1814/74408
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Publication
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Examining Board: Professor Ann Thomson, EUI (Supervisor); Professor Regina Grafe, EUI (Second reader); Professor Koen Stapelbroek, James Cook University; Professor Richard Whatmore, University of St. Andrews
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-349)
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30 cm.
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349 pages
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(OCoLC)1325635559
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A divided common good : rhetoric and debates about wealth and status within the Dutch polycentric state, 1763-1790, Gertjan Schutte
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http://hdl.handle.net/1814/74408
Publication
Note
Examining Board: Professor Ann Thomson, EUI (Supervisor); Professor Regina Grafe, EUI (Second reader); Professor Koen Stapelbroek, James Cook University; Professor Richard Whatmore, University of St. Andrews
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-349)
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volume
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  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
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  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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FIE
Dimensions
30 cm.
Extent
349 pages
Media category
unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1325635559

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