A Perfect Babel of Confusion - Dutch Religion and English Culture in the Middle Colonies

Examining the interaction of the Dutch and the English in colonial New York and New Jersey, this study charts the decline of European culture in North America. Balmer argues that the combination of political intrigue, English cultural imperialism, and internal socio-economic tensions eventually drove the Dutch away from their hereditary customs, language, and culture. He shows how this process, which played itself out most visibly and poignantly in the Dutch Reformed Church between 1664 and the American Revolution, illustrates the difficulty of maintaining non-English cultures and institutions in an increasingly English world. A Perfect Babel of Confusion redresses some of the historiographical neglect of the Middle Colonies and, in the process, sheds new light on Dutch colonial culture.

Riassunto

Examining the interaction of the Dutch and the English in colonial New York and New Jersey, this study charts the decline of European culture in North America.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Randall Balmer, Randall Herbert Balmer
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.05.2002
• EAN: 9780195152654
• ISBN: 978-0-19-515265-4
• Dimensioni: 212 mm x 143 mm x 17 mm
• Peso: 327 g
• Serie: Religion in America
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo; Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, RELIGION / Christianity / Presbyterian, RELIGION / Christianity / Calvinist, Politics & government, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Politics and government, C 1600 To C 1700, Northeastern & North Atlantic States, C 1700 To C 1800, US Northeast, Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Calvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian Churches, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity