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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450967903321

Autore

Jacobs Jaap

Titolo

New Netherland : A Dutch Colony in Seventeenth-Century America / / Jaap Jacobs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2004

ISBN

1-280-85916-4

9786610859160

1-4294-2635-7

90-474-0438-6

1-4337-0705-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (603 p.)

Collana

The Atlantic World ; ; 3

Disciplina

974.7/02

Soggetti

Colonial administration

Colonization

Native Americans

West Indian Company

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Glossary -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. 'A Blessed Country, where Milk and Honey Flow' -- 2. 'The Peopling of Such Empty and Unfurnished Lands' -- 3. 'The Exercise of Justice and Government' -- 4. 'The Trade, that Really Concerns us' -- 5. 'God's Church and Honor Should be Cared for' -- 6. 'Each According to his Condition, State, and Circumstances' -- 7. 'In Such a Far Distant Country, Separated from all the Friends' -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- List of Archival Sources -- Bibliography -- Illustrations -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.