Jaap Jacobs

The Colony of New Netherland

A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth-Century America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Dutch involvement in North America started after Henry Hudson, sailing under a Dutch flag in 1609, traveled up the river that would later bear his name. The Dutch control of the region was short-lived, but had profound effects on the Hudson Valley...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780801475160
• ISBN-10: 0801475163
• Artikelnr.: 26551734

Autorenporträt

Jaap Jacobs

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: "A Blessed Country, Where Milk and Honey Flow"
1. Reconnaissance and Exploration
2. Population and Immigration
3. Authority, Government, and Justice
4. Trade, Agriculture, and Artisans
5. The Reformed Church and the Others
6. Burghers and Status
7. Living in a Colony
Epilogue: "It has pleased the Lord [to ordain] that we must learn
English"List of Abbreviations
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index