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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.
- Supplementary Content
- Book review (H-Net)
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-USLHG F122.1 .J33 2009 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Desk Room 121 |
Details
- 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 paperbacksCornell paperbacks.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40017233870
- Research Call Number
- *R-USLHG F122.1 .J33 2009