Babel On the Hudson: Community Formation in Dutch Manhattan

This dissertation focuses on New Amsterdam, the small port town at the tip of Manhattan Island that became the capital for the Dutch colony of New Netherland. It addresses two of the most entrenched stereotypes regarding New Netherland. One is the popular notion that religion never played an importa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sivertsen, Karen
Other Authors: Wood, Peter H.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10161/199