1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480019803321

Autore

Noorlander D. L.

Titolo

Heaven’s Wrath : The Protestant Reformation and the Dutch West India Company in the Atlantic World / / D.L. Noorlander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-5017-4033-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 pages)

Collana

New Netherland Institute studies

Disciplina

284.249209032

Soggetti

Reformed Church

Netherlandish colonies

Dutch

Capitalism - Religious aspects - Protestant churches

Calvinism

HISTORY - Europe - Western

Dutch - Africa, West - History

Reformed Church - America - History

Calvinism - Netherlands - History

Reformed Church - Netherlands - History

History

Electronic books.

Netherlands

America

West Africa

Netherlands Colonies America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in association with the New Netherland Institute."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the role of Reformed Christianity in the commercial and colonial endeavors of the Dutch Golden Age -- The Dutch Reformed Church in the Netherlands and the international concerns of the Calvinist ministry -- The directors of the Dutch West India Company and the religious activity of Dutch merchants in Europe -- Baptized by



water and fire : the religious ideology and rites of the company's early fleets and conquests -- The challenges and shortcomings of public worship in the company's first forts and colonial settlements -- Calvinist reformers in Dutch Brazil and the impacts of reform on Portuguese Catholics before the revolt -- Unrighteous rulers, sinful settlers, and religious dissenters in New Netherland and the Dutch Caribbean -- The harvest was great, the laborers few : Dutch mission theology and outreach among Africans and Indians -- Tensions and conflicts over religious resources and power in the West India Company's later years -- Conclusion : the West India Company, the East India Company, and the Catholic powers in comparative perspective.

Sommario/riassunto

"Explores the cultural and other impacts of Calvinist ideology and Calvinist religion in the early Dutch Atlantic world"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790245703321

Autore

Pomakoy Keith

Titolo

Helping humanity [[electronic resource] ] : American policy and genocide rescue / / Keith Pomakoy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011

ISBN

1-280-67964-6

9786613656575

0-7391-6905-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Disciplina

364.15/1

Soggetti

Genocide - Government policy - United States

Genocide

Humanitarianism

United States Foreign relations 19th century

United States Foreign relations 20th century

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 (p. 209-228) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Strictly speaking, the term genocide only fits the Holocaust : what is



genocide? -- American philanthropy -- The good Samaritan : America and the war with Spain -- They fear that the matter will have to run its course : America and the Armenian tragedy -- No cardinals in Russia : America and the terror-famine -- Jews, Zionists and social workers : American rescue policy in the caldron of World War II -- The United Nations is silent : facing genocide in the Cold War -- The world now stands as one : novus ordo seclorum.

Sommario/riassunto

Helping Humanity: American Policy and Genocide Rescue offers a scholarly examination of America's complicated reactions to genocide and genocide rescue. It provides a synthesis of humanitarian concerns within the broader narrative of American foreign policy that gives an underappreciated policy consideration the attention it is due. This book will serve as an approachable work both for those interested in genocide and specialists in foreign policy.