Exploring Historic Dutch New York: New York City * Hudson Valley * New Jersey * Delaware

by Gajus Scheltema (Editor), Heleen Westerhuijs (Editor), Russell Shorto (Introduction)

"The Dutch spirit of diversity, tolerance, and entrepreneurship still echoes across our city streets today. This guide will highlight the history of the early settlements of these new world pioneers as well as the incredible impact they had, and still have, on the world's greatest city." — Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York
This comprehensive guide to touring important sites of Dutch history serves as an engrossing cultural and historical reference. A variety of internationally renowned scholars explore Dutch art in the Metropolitan Museum, Dutch cooking, Dutch architecture, Dutch immigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, English words of Dutch origin, Dutch furniture and antiques, and much more. Color photographs and maps throughout.
"An expansive guidebook inspired by the Henry Hudson quadricentennial and accompanied by informative essays." — The New York Times

Genres: Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published June 29, 2011

Reviews

[Sabrams1 · Rating 1 out of 5]

Too little history - too many houses

I would have preferred a bit more historical color and sacrificed the entire northeastern geography that the author tried to cover
Best to narrow it and dig deeper into the story of the Dutch in America

[Patrick Donovan · Rating 2 out of 5]

This would be interesting if there was anything left from the Dutch period, but there isn't.

[Josine van Heek]

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