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52477207 |
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OCoLC |
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20190729110457.0 |
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030609s2004 nyuab b 001 0deng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2003055227 |
| 015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER |
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| National bibliography number |
GBA4Z9672 |
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bnb |
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59327981 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0385503490 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780385503495 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)52477207 |
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(OCoLC)59327981 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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DLC |
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UKM |
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BAKER |
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OCLCQ |
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OCLCO |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
n-us-ny |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
F128.4 |
| Item number |
.S56 2004 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
974.7/102 |
| Edition number |
21 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Shorto, Russell. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The island at the center of the world : |
| Remainder of title |
the epic story of Dutch Manhattan and the forgotten colony that shaped America / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Russell Shorto. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Doubleday, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2004. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiv, 384 pages : |
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illustrations, maps ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-372) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
The missing floor pt. I. "A certain island named Manathans" : The measure of things ; The pollinator ; The island ; The king, the surgeon, the Turk, and the whore -- pt. II. Clash of wills : The lawman ; The council of blood ; The cause ; The one-legged man ; The general and the princess ; The people's champion ; An American in Europe ; A dangerous man -- pt. III. The inheritance : Booming ; New York ; Inherited features. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today. In the late 1960s, an archivist in the New York State Library made an astounding discovery: 12,000 pages of centuries-old correspondence, court cases, legal contracts, and reports from a forgotten society: the Dutch colony centered on Manhattan, which predated the thirteen "original" American colonies. For the past thirty years scholar Charles Gehring has been translating this trove, which was recently declared a national treasure. Now, Russell Shorto has made use of this vital material to construct a sweeping narrative of Manhattan's founding that gives a startling, fresh perspective on how America began. In an account that blends a novelist's grasp of storytelling with cutting-edge scholarship, The Island at the Center of the World strips Manhattan of its asphalt, bringing us back to a wilderness island, a hunting ground for Indians, populated by wolves and bears, that became a prize in the global power struggle between the English and the Dutch. Indeed, Russell Shorto shows that America's founding was not the work of English settlers alone but a result of the clashing of these two seventeenth century powers. In fact, it was Amsterdam, Europe's most liberal city, with an unusual policy of tolerance and a polyglot society dedicated to free trade, that became the model for the city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan. While the Puritans of New England were founding a society based on intolerance, on Manhattan the Dutch created a free-trade, upwardly-mobile melting pot that would help shape not only New York, but America. The story moves from the halls of power in London and The Hague to bloody naval encounters on the high seas. The characters in the saga-the men and women who played a part in Manhattan's founding, range from the philosopher Rene Descartes to James, the Duke of York, to prostitutes and smugglers. At the heart of the story is a bitter power struggle between two men: Peter Stuyvesant, the autocratic director of the Dutch colony, and a forgotten American hero named Adriaen van der Donck, a maverick, liberal-minded lawyer whose brilliant political gamesmanship, commitment to individual freedom, and exuberant love of his new country would have a lasting impact on the history of this nation. |
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1 |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Minuit, Peter, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1580-1638. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Stuyvesant, Peter, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1592-1672. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Donck, Adriaen van der, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1620-1655. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Dutch Americans |
| Geographic subdivision |
New York (State) |
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New York |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
17th century. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
New York (N.Y.) |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
17th century. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
New York (N.Y.) |
| General subdivision |
Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision |
To 1898. |
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| Geographic name |
New York (N.Y.) |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Biography. |
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fast |
| Authority record control number |
(OCoLC)fst01423686. |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
History. |
| Source of term |
fast |
| Authority record control number |
(OCoLC)fst01411628. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
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| Relationship information |
Online version: |
| Main entry heading |
Shorto, Russell. |
| Title |
Island at the center of the world. |
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
New York : Doubleday, 2004 |
| Record control number |
(OCoLC)607065561. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
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| Relationship information |
Online version: |
| Main entry heading |
Shorto, Russell. |
| Title |
Island at the center of the world. |
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
New York : Doubleday, 2004 |
| Record control number |
(OCoLC)607832185. |
| 948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN) |
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| Series part designator, SPT (RLIN) |
u612968 |
| 903 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT C, LDC (RLIN) |
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33480 |