The Worlds of the Seventeenth-century Hudson Valley

Informationen zum Autor Jaap Jacobs is Honorary Lecturer at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and the author of many books, including The Colony of New Netherland: A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth-Century America . L. H. Roper is Professor of History at the State University of New York at New Paltz. His books include The English Empire in America, 1602-1658: Beyond Jamestown . Klappentext Essays by eleven prominent scholars provide the latest insights into the seventeenth-century history of the Hudson Valley and its environs. This book provides an in-depth introduction to the issues involved in the expansion of European interests to the Hudson River Valley, the cultural interaction that took place there, and the colonization of the region. Written in accessible language by leading scholars, these essays incorporate the latest historical insights as they explore the new world in which American Indians and Europeans interacted, the settlement of the Dutch colony that ensued from the exploration of the Hudson River, and the development of imperial and other networks which came to incorporate the Hudson Valley.

Product details

• Assisted by: Jaap Jacobs (Editor), L. H. Roper (Editor), L H Roper (Editor), Jacobs Jaap (Editor), Roper L. H. (Editor)
• Authors: Jaap (EDT)/ Roper Jacobs, Jaap Jacobs
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 02.01.2015
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781438450988
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-5098-8
• Pages: 277
• Series: Suny Series, an American Regio; Excelsior Editions; Suny Series, an American Regio; SUNY series, An American Region: Studies in the Hudson Valley
• Subjects: New York, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, New York (state)