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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.
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- Author
- Jacobs, Jaap
- Publisher
- Brill Academic Publishers
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781280859168
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, American Studies, Humanities
Other editions & translations
- The Colony of New Netherland: A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth-Century America (Cornell Paperbacks) (2009)
- New Netherland: A Dutch Colony in Seventeenth-Century America (The Atlantic World) (The Atlantic World) (2005)
- New Netherland: A Dutch Colony in Seventeenth-Century America (The Atlantic World) (The Atlantic World) (2004)
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