Dissertation_A Bick_May 25 - DataSpace at Princeton University
Dissertation_A Bick_May 25 - DataSpace at Princeton University Dissertation_A Bick_May 25 - DataSpace at Princeton University
Jacob Soll, George Stocking, Erik Thomson, and Maurizio Viroli. In his absence Carl Wennerlind allowed me to teach, and thus in effect to take, his seminar on “Capitalism and the Enlightenment” at Barnard College. Further afield, Chris DeCorse invited me to join an archaeological survey led by Sam Spiers at Komenda, west of Elmina on the Gold Coast. Nick Popper and Theo Dunkelgruen each gave a nod to the more unconventional of my proposed methodologies, at the expense of something much less interesting. Both of them, along with Will Deringer, Christienna Fryar, Glenn Huekel, Rachael Lammers, Tom Leng, Noah Millstone, Dael Norwood, Margaret Schotte, Aaron Tugendhaft, and Annie Twitty read and offered essential comments on chapter drafts or their workshop predecessors. I was instructed in the Dutch language by Wijnie de Groot, René Wezel, and Robbert Joon, and in early modern Dutch paleography by Agnes Dunselman, Kees Stahl, and Emmanuel Kreike. Chris Heezackers, Nick Popper, and John Byron Kuhner all generously assisted translating letters from Latin; Diana Brown and David Parker did the same for correspondence in Portuguese. Jordan Smith’s work to enter books and articles into Zotero was both timely and extremely helpful. Finally, my family: in addition to their enormous patience and encouragement, my parents, Diana Brown and Mario Bick, traveled twice to Washington, DC during the final phases of writing to critique chapter drafts and help me shape them into a cohesive argument. And Nealin Parker, who must contend with a modern empire during normal business hours, offered loving support, assisted with tables and illustrations, and read over every single word of the text. I share the honor of completing this project with them. Funding to support my research was provided by the Department of History, the Center for Human Values, and the Graduate School at Princeton University, as well as the Princeton viii
Institute for International and Regional Studies. In addition, I gratefully acknowledge an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies, a Brill Fellowship from the Scaliger Instituut in Leiden, and a Fulbright Fellowship supported by the Netherlands-America Foundation. Earlier versions of material in the dissertation were presented at conferences or workshops sponsored by Birkbeck College, Columbia University, the European University Institute in Florence, Harvard University, the History of Economics Society, the Omohundro Institute for Early American History and Culture, Princeton University, the Scaliger Instituut, the Sixteenth Century Studies Society, and the Universiteit Utrecht. I gladly acknowledge these opportunities to share my work and the helpful and constructive feedback I received from conference participants. Portions of Chapters Three and Four of the dissertation previously appeared in the introductory essay to the Grote Atlas van de West-Indische Compagnie, Deel I: De Oude WIC, 1621-1674, edited by Bea Brommer and Henk den Heijer (Den Haag: Atlas Maior, 2011). ix
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Institute for Intern<strong>at</strong>ional and Regional Studies. In addition, I gr<strong>at</strong>efully acknowledge an Andrew<br />
W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies, a Brill Fellowship from the Scaliger Instituut in<br />
Leiden, and a Fulbright Fellowship supported by the Netherlands-America Found<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
Earlier versions of m<strong>at</strong>erial in the dissert<strong>at</strong>ion were presented <strong>at</strong> conferences or<br />
workshops sponsored by Birkbeck College, Columbia <strong>University</strong>, the European <strong>University</strong><br />
Institute in Florence, Harvard <strong>University</strong>, the History of Economics Society, the Omohundro<br />
Institute for Early American History and Culture, <strong>Princeton</strong> <strong>University</strong>, the Scaliger Instituut, the<br />
Sixteenth Century Studies Society, and the Universiteit Utrecht. I gladly acknowledge these<br />
opportunities to share my work and the helpful and constructive feedback I received from<br />
conference participants. Portions of Chapters Three and Four of the dissert<strong>at</strong>ion previously<br />
appeared in the introductory essay to the Grote Atlas van de West-Indische Compagnie, Deel I:<br />
De Oude WIC, 1621-1674, edited by Bea Brommer and Henk den Heijer (Den Haag: Atlas<br />
Maior, 2011).<br />
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