Chris Nierstrasz

Assistant Professor of History, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Chris Nierstrasz is assistant professor of history at Erasmus University Rotterdam. His most recent book is Rivalry for Trade in Tea and Textiles: The English and Dutch East India companies 1700–1800 (2015).

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Written by Chris Nierstrasz

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essayNations and empires

Asia had the upper hand

For centuries, Europeans in Asia were guests, trading partners and subordinates. Only much later did Empire seem imaginable

Chris Nierstrasz