New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work
May 4, 2026 · 47 min · 9 segments
Explosive sexual scandals, bitter domestic conflicts, and dramatic changes in fortune. Sex, marriage, and family life were matters of enormous consequence in the highly complex societies that formed…
Sophie RoseGuest
Lewis WadeHost
I'm Lewis Wade, a Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Bamberg and the author of Privilege, Economy, and States in Old Regime France, Marine Insurance, War, and the Atlantic Empire under Louis XIV.
It's my pleasure to be speaking today with Dr. Sophie Rose, who is a postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University.
will be talking about her fascinating new book, Intimacy and Social Disorder in Dutch Colonial Expansion, Regulating Sex, Marriage, and Family Life, 1600 to 1800, published by Brel.
To kick things off, could you introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your book?
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I'm Lewis Wade, a Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Bamberg and the author of Privilege, Economy, and States in Old Regime France, Marine Insurance, War, and the Atlantic Empire under Louis XIV.
It's my pleasure to be speaking today with Dr. Sophie Rose, who is a postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University.
will be talking about her fascinating new book, Intimacy and Social Disorder in Dutch Colonial Expansion, Regulating Sex, Marriage, and Family Life, 1600 to 1800, published by Brel.
To kick things off, could you introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your book?
