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Verloren; State University of New York Press, Published 2003. Paperback, 527 pp.; 24 cm; illustrated with black-and-white illustrations and maps.
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In Good condition. Pictorial covers with historical illustrations and map. Perfect bound. Light shelfwear to covers with minor bumping to corners. A few pages have pale yellow highlighting, otherwise unmarked. Binding is tight and square. [From back cover] When the English conquered New Netherland in 1664, they found a well established society that was firmly held together by a Dutch-modeled government and church, and which maintained continuous communication with its father-land, the Dutch Republic. Combined sources from American and Dutch archives provide a lively picture of everyday life in this colony. Newly wealthy traders, craftsmen and other workers, and people who turned to charity or well organized systems of poor relief are the main characters in this study of a major commercial center, Beverwijck on the upper Hudson gateway to Albany. Contents: Acknowledgments; glossary; Constructing a Village, Material Planning; Beverwijck, Creating an Orderly Village; The Van Rensselaers as Commercial Entrepreneurs; Successful Burghers; Busy Workers; Strategies of Survival; conclusion; notes; bibliography; index.