Pamphlets and Politics in the Dutch Republic

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Copyright

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Contents

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Acknowledgements

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List of Contributors

pp.：  9 – 10

List of Abbreviations

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Introduction

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Pamphlets and Politics: Introduction

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Return to the Land of Blue Little Books

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Part I: The Pamphlet and its Function

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Thievery of Literature. Consequences of the Interaction between Politics and Commerce for the Form and Content of Pamphlets

pp.：  49 – 74

Political Pamphleteering and Public Opinion in the Age of De Witt (1653–1672)

pp.：  75 – 108

‘The Citizens come from all Cities with Petitions’. Printed Petitions and Civic Propaganda in the Seventeenth Century

pp.：  109 – 130

Part II: The Pamphlet as an Historical Actor

pp.：  131 – 216

Poison in Print: Pamphleteering and the Deaths of Concini (1617) and the brothers De Witt (1672)

pp.：  133 – 154

The Revolution in Dutch Foreign Policy (1688)

pp.：  155 – 184

Economic Reform and Neutrality in Dutch Political Pamphlets (1741–1779)

pp.：  185 – 216

Part III: Public Debate and the Media

pp.：  217 – 264

Handwritten Propaganda. Letters and Pamphlets in Amsterdam during the Dutch Revolt (1572–1578)

pp.：  219 – 238

Peace or no Peace? The Role of Pamphleteering in Public Debate in the Run-up to the Twelve-Year Truce

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Index

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