New Netherland [electronic resource]: a Dutch colony in seventeenth-century AmericaBRILL, 2005 - 559 pages This volume covers the history of the Dutch colony New Netherland on the North American continent. Based on extensive research of archival material on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, much of which has not been previously used, this work provides the most complete overview yet of a colony that has been generally neglected by historians. The chapters deal with themes such as patterns of immigration, government and justice, economy, religion, social structure, material culture, and mentality of the colonists. This book will be very useful not just for students of Dutch colonial history, but also for scholars in early American history. |
Table des matières
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter One A Blessèd Country where Milk and Honey Flow | 7 |
Chapter Two The Peopling of Such Empty and Unfurnished Lands | 45 |
Chapter Three The Exercise of Justice and Government | 95 |
Chapter Four The Trade that Really Concerns us | 191 |
Chapter Five Gods Church and Honor Should be Cared for | 263 |
Chapter Six Each According to his Condition State and Circumstances | 327 |
Chapter Seven In Such a Far Distant Country Separated from all the Friends | 403 |
Conclusion | 475 |
Appendixes | 483 |
List of Archival Sources | 495 |
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Illustrations | 533 |
533 | |
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