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Historian Margaret MacMillan visits Amsterdam, exploring how a place bound to the sea and the globe developed its idea of Europe.

What's really shaped Europeans' identity? Historian Margaret MacMillan visits Amsterdam, exploring how a place bound to the sea and the globe developed its idea of Europe. Trade and consumption built up liberal values and the European 'way of life'. But how did a European colonial power relate to the outside world, and how does that history echo today?

Producer: Chris Bowlby
Editor: Bridget Harney.

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Tue 24 May 201621:30
BBC Radio 4

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  • Tue 24 May 201609:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 24 May 201621:30
    BBC Radio 4