Remembrance of Patria
(January 1988)
Dutch Arts and Culture in Colonial America, 1609-1776 Roderic H. Blackburn - Author Ruth Piwonka - Author
An essential guide to the history, culture, and social life of New Netherland.
How much of the Dutch world in America survived after the English? One hundred years after the English took control of New Netherland in 1664, New York retained many Dutch characteristics. The cultural milieu shifted abruptly, however, with population growth and increased affluence following the termination of the French and Indian Wars ...(Read More)
New World Dutch Studies
(January 1987)
Dutch Arts and Culture in Colonial America, 1609-1776 Roderic H. Blackburn - Editor Nancy A. Kelley - Editor
The history, culture, and lifeways of New Netherland as researched and interpreted by Dutch and American scholars.
The art, archaeology, history, and lifeways of New Netherland come vividly to life in these essays by world experts on both sides of the Atlantic. The wide range of objects used and manufactured by Dutch settlers in the New World reveals much about their social life and times. Of particular interest in...(Read More)
An essential introduction to the crafts and folks arts of German settlers in New York State.
The folk industry and beautiful crafts of German settlers in New York State come to light in this richly illustrated volume. Following the devastating Thirty Years War, waves of Germans migrated to the New York region in the first decade of the seventeenth century. The settlers brought with them a rich, enduring tradition o...(Read More)