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The colony of New Netherland : a Dutch settlement in seventeenth-century America

Title
The colony of New Netherland : a Dutch settlement in seventeenth-century America / Jaap Jacobs.
Author
Jacobs, Jaap, 1963-
Publication
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2009.
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TextNo restrictions *R-USLHG F122.1 .J33 2009Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Desk Room 121

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Description
xi, 332 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"The Colony of New Netherland is the definitive modern study of the early Dutch experience in North America. Jacobs offers many important new insights derived from scrupulous research in Dutch-language sources and situates the story of New Netherland in a truly Atlantic context."--Back cover.
Series Statement
Cornell paperbacks
Uniform Title
  • Zegenrijk gewest. English
  • Cornell paperbacks.
Alternative Title
Zegenrijk gewest.
Subjects
Note
  • Abridgement of the author's work previously published in English under the title: New Netherland.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : "a blessèd country, where milk and honey flow" -- Reconnaissance and exploration -- Population and immigration -- Authority, government, and justice -- Trade, agriculture, and artisans -- The Reformed Church and the others -- Burghers and status -- Living in a colony -- Epilogue : "it has pleased the Lord [to ordain] that we must learn English."
Call Number
F122.1
ISBN
  • 9780801475160
  • 0801475163
LCCN
  • 2009019266
  • 40017233870
OCLC
320799054
Author
Jacobs, Jaap, 1963-
Title
The colony of New Netherland : a Dutch settlement in seventeenth-century America / Jaap Jacobs.
Imprint
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Cornell paperbacks
Cornell paperbacks.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Book review (H-Net)
Other Standard Identifier
40017233870
Research Call Number
*R-USLHG F122.1 .J33 2009
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