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New Sweden on the Delaware /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ward, Christopher
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1. The Swedes and the Great Gustavus
  • 2. A Prospectus and a Ropewalk
  • 3. Two Swedes, and Three Dutchmen
  • 4. A Landfall and a Little Fort
  • 5. Primeval Forests and Neolithic Men
  • 6. Difficulties and Discouragements
  • 7. Welcome Dutchmen and Unwelcome Englishmen
  • 8. The Forest-Destroying Finns
  • 9. Printz, the Big Swede
  • 10. Printz as Empire-Builder
  • 11. Printz as Jurist
  • 12. Printz as Diplomat
  • 13. Printz as a Man of Action
  • 14. Printz and Stuyvesant
  • 15. A Homesick Handful
  • 16. The Katt's Catastrophe
  • 17. New Sweden at Its Zenith
  • 18. The Coming of the Dutch and the Building of Casimir
  • 19. Disappointment and Discord
  • 20. The Character of a Governor
  • 21. The Character of a Queen
  • 22. The Voyage of a Plague Ship
  • 23. An Argument and Remonstrance
  • 24. The Sweeping of a New Broom
  • 25. The Gathering of the Storm
  • 26. The Taking of Trefaldighet
  • 27. The Capture of Christina
  • 28. The Last of the Swedish Governors
  • 29. The Results
  • 30. Log Cabins and Wooden Spoons
  • 31. Preaching and Preachers
  • 32. The Departure of the Swedes
  • 33. The Reasons Why
  • Index