Lobbying in Company

Economic Interests and Political Decision Making in the History of Dutch Brazil, 1621–1656

• Author(s): Joris van den Tol,
• Publisher: BRILL
• Pages: 336
• ISBN_10: 9004440577
  ISBN_13: 9789004440579
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Political Ideologies / General , Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism , Political Science / Civil Rights , Political Science / International Relations / Diplomacy , Social Science / Slavery ,

Description:... In Lobbying in Company, Joris van den Tol argues that people made a difference in the Dutch West India Company colony in Brazil (1630–1654). Through a combination of petitions, personal relations, and public opinion, individuals were able to exercise influence on the decision-making process regarding Dutch Brazil. His thorough analysis of these different elements offers a new perspective on the Atlantic and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century as well as a better understanding of lobbying in the early modern period.