The Shame and the Sorrow : Dutch-Amerindian Encounters in New Netherland.
Title:
The Shame and the Sorrow : Dutch-Amerindian Encounters in New Netherland.
Author:
Merwick, Donna.
ISBN:
9780812202809
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (345 pages)
Series:
Early American Studies
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Maps -- Soundings -- Part I: Alongshore -- 1: Alongshore: Stories to Tell of the Virginias -- 2: "The Island" -- Part II: Shared Beaches -- 3: The Quarterdeck and Trading Station -- 4: Natives and Strangers -- Part III: Staying Alongshore -- 5: Sovereign People -- 6: Masters of Their Lands -- 7: Inland Drownings -- Part IV: Omens of a Tragedy Coming On -- 8: Bells of War -- 9: "Only This and Nothing More" -- 10: The Connecticut Valley: The Strangers 'Ways of Violence -- Part V: Deadly Encounter -- 11: The Indian War Seen -- 12: The Indian War Given Words -- 13: The War's Haunting -- Part VI: Cross-Colonization -- 14: Watchful Waiting -- 15: Alongshore Compromised -- 16: Considerations on a Just War -- Part VII: Final Logged Entries -- 17: Cultural Entanglement -- 18: No Closure -- Weighing Up -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
During the forty years of the Dutch presence in colonial America, their intrusion led to the betrayal of their own values and the betrayal of the indigenous peoples. They reaped the shame of reproaching themselves for unjust wars and faced a native insurgency that they could neither negotiate nor satisfactorily quell.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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