Dutch renaissance : the story of the New Netherland Project by Peter A. Douglas

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Douglas, Peter A., 1945-

Contributor:

Ebert, Loretta.

New York State Library

Holland Society of New York

National Endowment for the Humanities

Series:

Annals of New Netherland

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gehring, Charles T., 1939-.

Gehring, Charles T.

New Netherland Project--Chronology.

New Netherland Project.

Dutch language--Translating.

Dutch language.

New York (State)--Historiography.

New York (State).

Physical Description:

iv, 28 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Albany, N.Y.] : New Netherland Project, 2009.

Summary:

" ... Author Peter Douglas enlightens us about the New Netherland Project and the light it has shed on how America's Dutch heritage shaped the earliest years of our nation's history."

Contents:

Foreword

One of the best-kept secrets in American History

A lost world

Diverse dangers and misfortunes

Early translation attempts

Charles Gehring and the New Netherland Project

A shaky existence

The translation process

The achievements of the Project

What really happened in old New York.

Notes:

"Since 1974 Dr. Gehring has led the New Netherland Project with the support of the New York State Library, the Holland Society of New York, and the National Endowment for the Humanities ..."--Foreword.

"This publication helps mark the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial and New York State's historical, cultural and environmental achievements of the past four centuries."

Foreword by Loretta Ebert, Director, New York State Research Library.

Dr. Charles Gehring, translator and Director of the New Netherland Project ... (p.17).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 26-27).

Other Format:

Online version: Douglas, Peter A., 1945- Dutch renaissance.

OCLC:

302347096