History of Zeeland in the world - Arjan van Dixhoorn, Marijn Thijs - Paperback (9789493220522)

History of Zeeland in the World: Exploring the World from Zeeland (volume 2) is a collection of sixteen papers mostly dealing with the history of Zeeland. They study a variety of topics in economic, military, political, social and cultural history, and the history of tourism, from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Several papers discuss aspects of Zeeland's past from the perspective of the history of knowledge and information. The papers were written and edited by students at University College Roosevelt (UCR), the international honors college of Utrecht University in Middelburg. The collection marks the end of the Chair in the History of Zeeland in the World, established at Utrecht University between 2013 and 2023 by the Familiefonds Hurgronje to study the history of Zeeland at UCR. The papers are written and edited by: Arjan van Dixhoorn and Marijn Thijs (main editors), Tim Beelen, Lucia Bertoldini, Clarissa Frascadore, Rayke van Lent, Tess Schijvenaars and Zoé van Ysseldijk. The first volume of History of Zeeland in the World was published in 2019.