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The shame and the sorrow : Dutch-Amerindian encounters in New Netherland /
How are the Dutch who settled New Netherland to be judged? In this book, the author explores this question. She points to a betrayal both of their own values and of the native peoples. She also directs us to the self-delusion of hegemonic control. Her work belongs alongside the best of postcolonial...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2006]
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| Colección: | Early American studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Alongshore. Alongshore : Stories to tell of the Virginias ; "The Island"
- Shared beaches. The quarterdeck and trading station ; Natives and strangers
- Staying alongshore. Sovereign people ; Masters of their lands ; Inland drownings
- Omens of a tragedy coming on. Bells of war ; "Only this and nothing more" ; The Connecticut Valley : the strangers' ways of violence
- Deadly encounter. The Indian War seen ; The Indian War given words ; The War's haunting
- Cross-colonization. Watchful waiting ; Alongshore compromised ; Considerations on a just war
- Final logged entries. Cultural entanglement ; No closure
- Weighing up.