Pamphlets and Politics in the Dutch Republic -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Pamphlets and Politics: Introduction -- Return to the Land of Blue Little Books -- Part I: The Pamphlet and its Function -- Thievery of Literature. Consequences of the Interaction between Politics and Commerce for the Form and Content of Pamphlets -- Political Pamphleteering and Public Opinion in the Age of De Witt (1653-1672) -- 'The Citizens come from all Cities with Petitions'. Printed Petitions and Civic Propaganda in the Seventeenth Century -- Part II: The Pamphlet as an Historical Actor -- Poison in Print: Pamphleteering and the Deaths of Concini (1617) and the brothers De Witt (1672) -- The Revolution in Dutch Foreign Policy (1688) -- Economic Reform and Neutrality in Dutch Political Pamphlets (1741-1779) -- Part III: Public Debate and the Media -- Handwritten Propaganda. Letters and Pamphlets in Amsterdam during the Dutch Revolt (1572-1578) -- Peace or no Peace? The Role of Pamphleteering in Public Debate in the Run-up to the Twelve-Year Truce -- Index.