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De geboorte van New York: Hoe het Nederlandse Manhattan in Engelse handen kwam

Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America

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De geboorte van New York: Hoe het Nederlandse Manhattan in Engelse handen kwam

Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America

Penned By Russell Shorto
4.85 19,910 Ratings
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Editor's Note:
In De geboorte van New York beschrijft Russell Shorto met verve hoe Nederland de macht over Nieuw-Amsterdam verloor. Hij laat zien dat dit niet, zoals veel mensen denken, het resultaat was van een militaire overname door de Engelsen, maar dat van een onwaarschijnlijke samenwerking tussen de twee rivaliserende staten. Zo werd de kiem gelegd voor de wereldstad New York.In 1664 droomde Engeland van een Noord-Amerikaans imperium en maakte het plannen om Nieuw-Amsterdam met geweld in te nemen. Maar vlak voor het tot een confrontatie kwam tussen de Engelsen en gouverneur Peter Stuyvesant, die de leiding had op Manhattan, veranderde de strategie. De overname van de stad kwam tot stand door slimme onderhandelingen, die leidden tot een samensmelting van de Nederlandse pluriforme en kapitalistische samenleving met de macht van het opkomende Engelse rijk.De ontstaansgeschiedenis van New York is geënt op geweld tegen de inheemse bevolking en het begin van slavernij in Amerika. Tegelijkertijd is het een buitengewoon verhaal over de wijze waarop twee botsende naties samen een nieuwe stad voortbrachten.

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Length 352 Pages
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Imprint Ambo Anthos
Released March 4, 2025
Identifier (ISBN) 222307338
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Russell Shorto is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Russell Shorto can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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