Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652-1664State University of New York Press, 29 mar 2010 - 528 páginas Winner of the 2004 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the New York State Archives presented by the Board of Regents and the New State York Archives Beverwijck explores the rich history and Dutch heritage of one of North America's oldest cities—Albany, New York. Drawing on documents translated from the colonial Dutch as well as maps, architectural drawings, and English-language sources, Janny Venema paints a lively picture of everyday life in colonial America. In 1652, Petrus Stuyvesant, director general of New Netherland, established a court at Fort Orange, on the west side of New York State's upper Hudson River. The area within three thousand feet of the fort became the village of Beverwijck. From the time of its establishment until 1664, when the English conquered New Netherland and changed the name of the settlement to Albany, Beverwijck underwent rapid development as newly wealthy traders, craftsmen, and other workers built houses, roads, bridges, and a school, as well as a number of inns. A well-organized system of poor relief also helped less wealthy settlers survive in the harsh colonial conditions. Venema's careful research shows that although Beverwijck resembled villages in the Dutch Republic in many ways, it quickly took on features of the new, "American" society that was already coming into being. |
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material planning | 35 |
Van Slichtenhorst Rensselaerswijck and the Indians | 36 |
Planning a center for Rensselaerswijck | 44 |
Developement of Beverwijck | 53 |
Constructions of general interest to the community | 80 |
VBusy workers | 273 |
Blacksmiths and gunstock makers | 275 |
Bakers | 281 |
Brewers | 292 |
Tavern keepers | 302 |
Conclusion | 314 |
VI Strategies of survival | 317 |
Living conditions | 318 |
Conclusion | 97 |
Creating an orderly village | 99 |
Beverwijcks society | 100 |
The State | 117 |
The church | 131 |
Contact with Indians | 156 |
Conclusion | 172 |
III The Van Rensselaers as commercial entrepreneurs | 175 |
Trade in the upper Hudson | 176 |
The Van Rensselaers and the trade | 191 |
Life style | 206 |
Conclusion | 235 |
IVSuccessful burghers | 237 |
Dirck Jansz Croon | 239 |
Pieter Hartgers | 244 |
Volckert Jansz | 249 |
Philip Pietersz Schuyler | 254 |
Sander Leendertsz Glen | 263 |
Conclusion | 269 |
Definition and size | 327 |
Organization of poor relief in Beverwijck | 330 |
Strategy | 338 |
Methods | 344 |
Supervision | 352 |
The poor in the community | 354 |
Conclusion | 362 |
Conclusion | 365 |
Abbreviations | 371 |
Notes | 373 |
Unpublished primary sources | 482 |
484 | |
Samenvatting | 502 |
List of maps and illustrations | 507 |
511 | |
523 | |
Curriculum Vitae | 528 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652-1664 Janny Venema Vista previa restringida - 2003 |
Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652-1664 Janny Venema Vista previa restringida - 2003 |
Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652-1664 Janny Venema Vista previa restringida - 2003 |
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