The island at the centre of the world : the untold story of Dutch Manhattan and the founding of New York
Shorto, Russell2004
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Russell Shorto takes the reader back to New York's earliest times as a densely wooded island that became the focus of a fierce leadership struggle between two men. He reveals how the early Dutch settlers inspired the free-trade ethos that made modern America an upwardly mobile melting pot.
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London : Doubleday, 2004.
Collation:
xiii, 432, [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), map, ports. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Map on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references (p. 396-421) and index.
ISBN:
9780385603249 (hbk)
Dewey class:
974.7102
Local class:
974.7102
Language:
English
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BRN:
281694
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