The Colony of New Netherland
Subtitle: A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth-Century America
By: Jaap Jacobs.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801475160
Subjects: Dutch -- New York (State) -- History -- 17th century; New Netherland -- History; New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Work titles: Zegenrijk gewest.
Notes: Abridgement of the author's work previously published in English under the title: New Netherland.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : "a blessèd country, where milk and honey flow"; title: Reconnaissance and exploration; title: Population and immigration; title: Authority, government, and justice; title: Trade, agriculture, and artisans; title: The Reformed Church and the others; title: Burghers and status; title: Living in a colony; title: Epilogue : "it has pleased the Lord [to ordain] that we must learn English."