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33 pages 1 hour read

Vermeer's Hat

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

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Essay Topics

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Brook states that the seventeenth century was a century of second contacts. What does he mean by “second contacts,” and how does this concept play out through the chapters in Vermeer’s Hat? Provide specific examples.

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Europeans viewed trade and globalization favorably, while the Chinese had mixed views on the subject. Using examples from the book, set out an argument for and against globalization using seventeenth-century European and Chinese views of the argument.

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Brook lists several shipwrecks in Vermeer’s Hat. Detail these shipwrecks, and explain what each of the wrecks did to hurt or help globalization and the movement of peoples.

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