New Netherland : a Dutch colony in seventeenth-century America / by Jaap Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, Jaap, 1963-

Series:

Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830 ; v. 3,.

The Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830 ; v. 3, 1570-0542

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Netherland.

Physical Description:

xix, 559 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 illustrations, 5 maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

Summary:

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 important not just for students of Dutch colonial history, but also for scholars in early American history.

Contents:

Chapter 1 'A Blessed Country, where Milk and Honey Flow' 7

Chapter 2 'The Peopling of Such Empty and Unfurnished Lands' 45

Chapter 3 'The Exercise of Justice and Government' 95

Chapter 4 'The Trade, that Really Concerns us' 191

Chapter 5 'God's Church and Honor Should be Cared for' 263

Chapter 6 'Each According to his Condition, State, and Circumstances' 327

Chapter 7 'In Such a Far Distant Country, Separated from all the Friends' 403.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [507]-532.

ISBN:

9004129065

OCLC:

57477158