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War, Capital, and the Dutch State (1588-1795)

War, Capital, and the Dutch State (1588-1795)

Pepijn Brandon

Onnekink, 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 ...

The Hanoverian Succession: Dynastic Politics and Monarchical ...

Andreas Gestrich

89–91. 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

A Fearful Gentleman: Sir George Downing in The Hague, 1658-1672

Roger Downing

Sir 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 ...

The roots of nationalism: national identity formation in ...

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The 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 ...

New Worlds?: Transformations in the Culture of International ...

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David 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, ...

Dutch Warships in the Age of Sail 1600-1714: Design, ...

James Bander

1 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)

Ideology and Foreign Policy in Early Modern Europe (1650–1750)

Gijs Rommelse

Abigail 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

Marine, état et politique

Jean-Pierre Poussou

Grâce 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 ...

The Electric Vehicle: Technology and Expectations in the ...

Gijs Mom

In 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

Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations: 1609-2009

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Etude 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, ...

Atlantic Automobilism: Emergence and Persistence of the Car, ...

Gijs Mom

Offering 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

The Evolution of Automotive Technology: A Handbook

Gijs Mom

This 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, ...

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

History of Technology

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For 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 ...

Creating Innovative Products and Services: The FORTH ...

Gijs van Wulfen

Peter 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 ...

From Rail to Road and Back Again?: A Century of Transport ...

Colin Divall

1 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 ...

Driving Europe: Building Europe on Roads in the Twentieth ...

Frank Schipper

Erik 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

Sound and Safe: A History of Listening Behind the Wheel

Karin Bijsterveld

A 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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