"This revealing portrait of the Dutch Empire repositions our understanding of modern empires from the terrestrial to …-Islamism, and pan-Asianism and became important centers of opposition to Dutch imperialism through the circulation of passengers …

"This collection takes a multi-perspective approach in the study of empire and commodities beyond temporal and spatial … British sailors as traders, Across Colonial Lines uses commodity networks as a lens to study empire and the links between them … of imperialism alongside its ideology, governance and knowledge production, each chapter takes an individual commodity to …