Before the Melting Pot
Subtitle: Society and Culture in Colonial New York City, 1664-1730
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: September 19, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780691037875
Subjects: Anthropology; Ethnic studies; Social history; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; New York; History; History - U.S.; United States - State & Local - General; History: American; USA; New York (N.Y.); United States - Colonial Period; American History; History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775); Sociology; Ethnicity; Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Ethnic relations; New York (State)
First sentence: WHEN THE ENGLISH acquired New Amsterdam in 1664 they obtained a small but vital urban community of enormous strategic and commercial potential.