Contents I Colonial and Postcolonial Rotterdam (Gert Oostindie) II Rotterdam’s Colonial Connections. Shipping and Trade, Industry and Finance (Gerhard de Kok) III Rotterdam and Transatlantic Slavery (Alex van Stipriaan) IV Civic Government and Businessmen in Rotterdam: Colonial Cross-fertilization (Henk den Heijer) V More than Meets the Eye. Traces of a Colonial Past in the City of Rotterdam (Pauline K.M. van Roosmalen) VI Colonial Rotterdam: a Hotbed for Dutch Missionary Work, 1797-1977 (Tom van den Berge) VII A Never-ending Story. Colonial Collections in Rotterdam (Alexandra van Dongen and Liane van der Linden) VIII Making a Home in Rotterdam. Colonial and Postcolonial Migrants To and From the City (Esther Captain) IX The Road is Mine. The Summer Carnival as a Case Study for Postcolonial Rotterdam (Francio Guadeloupe, Paul van de Laar and Liane van der Linden) About the Authors Index