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War, Capital, and the Dutch State (1588-1795)
Pepijn BrandonOnnekink, David, and Gijs Rommelse (eds.) ... 2011, 'The Ideological Contextof the Dutch War', in Ideology and ForeignPolicy in Early Modern Europe (1650– 1750), edited by David Onnekink and Gijs Rommelse, Farnham/Burlington: Ashgate.
The Hanoverian Succession: Dynastic Politics and Monarchical ...
Andreas Gestrich89–91. For a similar set of reflections on the need to rethink assumptions about the character of the 1648 settlement as a turning point in international history, see David Onnekink and Gijs Rommelse, 'Introduction', in David Onnekink and Gijs ...
A Fearful Gentleman: Sir George Downing in The Hague, 1658-1672
Roger DowningSir George Downing in The Hague, 1658-1672 Roger Downing, Gijs Rommelse. A fearful gentleman Sir George Downing in The Hague, 1658-1672 Roger Downing & Gijs Rommelse Hilversum Verloren 2011 Cover illustrations: The Hofvijver ...
The roots of nationalism: national identity formation in ...
PreviewThe political and diplomatic contacts (Hilversum: Verloren, 2013); Gijs Rommelse and Roger Downing, 'Anglo-Dutch economic rivalry, 1585-1674: interests, ideas and perceptions', in Moritz Isenmann (ed.), Mer‐kantilismus? Wiederaufname ...
New Worlds?: Transformations in the Culture of International ...
PreviewDavid Onnekink and Gijs Rommelse (Farnham: Ashgate, 2011), 215–243, here: 227. 2 Some examples: Antonio Álvarez-Ossorio, Bernardo García and Virginia León, eds., La pérdida de Europa. La Guerra de Sucesión por la Monarquía de ...
Dutch Warships in the Age of Sail 1600-1714: Design, ...
James Bander1 I am grateful to Frank Fox and Dr Gijs Rommelse for commenting on an earlier draft of this introduction. 2 J Israel, The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness and Fall, 1477–1806 (Oxford, 1995), 1–5. For the regents and merchant elites, see ...
Ideology and Foreign Policy in Early Modern Europe (1650–1750)
Gijs RommelseAbigail Swingen has highlighted the Whiggish aspects of his famous Groans of the Plantations: Abigail Swingen, 'The politics of labor and the origins of the British Empire, 1650–1720' (unpublished PhD dissertation, University of Chicago, ...
Marine, état et politique
Jean-Pierre PoussouGrâce à Michel Vergé-Franceschi, qui nous l'a proposé, et à Gijs Rommelse, qui nous a permis de réunir leurs textes, nous avons le privilège de publier en français, avant leur édition en anglais, les contributions qu'ils ont ensuite mises au ...
The Electric Vehicle: Technology and Expectations in the ...
Gijs MomIn The Electric Vehicle, Gijs Mom challenges this view, arguing that at the beginning of the automobile age neither the internal combustion engine nor the battery-powered vehicle enjoyed a clear advantage.
Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations: 1609-2009
PreviewEtude de presse" (Master's thesis, Université de Paris X-Nanterre, Anne'e 1972- 73)Gijs Mom, “Constructing Multifunctional Networks: Road Building in the Netherlands, 1810—1980," in Gijs Mom and Laurent Tissot, eds., RoadHistory.
Atlantic Automobilism: Emergence and Persistence of the Car, ...
Gijs MomOffering a sweeping transatlantic perspective, this book explains the current obsession with automobiles by delving deep into the motives of early car users.
The Evolution of Automotive Technology: A Handbook
Gijs MomThis book covers one and a quarter century of the automobile, conceived as a cultural history of its technology, aimed at engineering students and all those who wish to have a concise introduction into the basics of automotive technology ...
Atlantic Automobilism: Emergence and Persistence of the Car, ...
Gijs Mom... Commentary on Cotten Seiler's Republic of Drivers,” 361–368; Catherine Gudis, Buyways: Billboards, Automobiles, and the American Landscape (New York and London: Routledge, 2004), 369–378; and Mathieu Flonneau, “Read ...
History of Technology
PreviewFor a criticism of the image of the electric vehicle as an inferior technology and the relationship with its image as a woman's car, see Gijs Mom, 'The Electric Vehicle: Male or Female” (unpublished presentation, Intercontinental Mobile ...
Creating Innovative Products and Services: The FORTH ...
Gijs van WulfenPeter ten Hoopen and Marleen Janssen Groesbeek (2008). Oh, wat zijn we creatief! Amsterdam: Het Financieele Dagblad. Joost Kadijk and Cyriel Kortleven (2007). En. Actie! Zaltbommel: Thema. Marcel Karreman (2002). Warming-ups and ...
From Rail to Road and Back Again?: A Century of Transport ...
Colin Divall1 Gijs Mom and Laurent Tissot, eds, Road History: Planning, Construction, Use ( Neuchâtel 2007). Swiss scholars interested in the history of traffic and transport published articles concerning the subject as early as in 1999; see 'Strasse und ...
Driving Europe: Building Europe on Roads in the Twentieth ...
Frank SchipperErik van der Vleuten and Arne Kaijser (Sagamore Beach: Science History Publications, 2006), 161; Gijs Mom, “Roads without rails: European highway- network building and the desire for long-range motorized mobility,” Technology and ...
Sound and Safe: A History of Listening Behind the Wheel
Karin BijsterveldA History of Listening Behind the Wheel Karin Bijsterveld, Eefje Cleophas, Stefan Krebs, Gijs Mom. affiliated with the School of Innovation Sciences at Eindhoven University of Technology. He is author of Technikwissenschaft als soziale Praxis ...
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