Screen LibraryThe shame and the sorrow : dutch-amerindian encounters in new netherland /
During the forty years of the Dutch presence in colonial America, their intrusion led to the betrayal of their own values and the betrayal of the indigenous peoples. They reaped the shame of reproaching themselves for unjust wars and faced a native insurgency that they could neither negotiate nor sa...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2006] ©2006 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Early american studies
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| Summary: |
During the forty years of the Dutch presence in colonial America, their intrusion led to the betrayal of their own values and the betrayal of the indigenous peoples. They reaped the shame of reproaching themselves for unjust wars and faced a native insurgency that they could neither negotiate nor satisfactorily quell. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 20 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812202809 |
| Index Number: | F122 |
| CLC: | K712.9 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Soundings -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Alongshore: Stories to Tell of the Virginias -- Chapter 2. "The Island" -- Chapter 3. The Quarterdeck and Trading Station -- Chapter 4. Natives and Strangers -- Chapter 5. Sovereign People -- Chapter 6. Masters of Their Lands -- Chapter 7. Inland Drownings -- Chapter 8. Bells of War -- Chapter 9. "Only This and Nothing More" -- Chapter 10. The Connecticut Valley: The Strangers Ways of Violence -- Chapter 11. The Indian War Seen -- Chapter 12. The Indian War Given Words -- Chapter 13. The War s Haunting -- Chapter 14. Watchful Waiting -- Chapter 15. Alongshore Compromised -- Chapter 16. Considerations on a Just War -- Chapter 17. Cultural Entanglement -- Chapter 18. No Closure -- Weighing Up -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |