The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan, the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America - Hardcover

Shorto, Russell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385503490 ISBN 13: 9780385503495

Verlag: Bantam Dell, 2004

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Book by Shorto Russell

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A history of the Dutch role in the establishment of Manhattan discusses the rivalry between England and the Dutch Republic, focusing on the power struggle between Holland governor Peter Stuyvesant and politician Adriaen van der Donck that shaped New York's culture and social freedoms.

Biografía del autor:

Russell Shorto is the author of two previous books: Gospel Truth, about the search for the historical Jesus, and Saints and Madmen, about psychiatry and religion. The hub of his research for The Island at the Center of the World was the New Netherland Project at the New York State Library, where the archives of the Dutch colony centered on Manhattan are being translated. He has written for the New York Times Magazine, GQ, and many other publications. He lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with his wife and their two daughters.

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• Verlag: Bantam Dell
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0385503490
• ISBN 13: 9780385503495
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400