When Europeans first arrived in North America, they faced a cold new world. The average global temperature had dropped to lows unseen in millennia
"For anyone seeking to answer the question, 'What was New Netherland?' this little volume is a handy, richly packed resource. It gives you the background, the actors, the action, and the legacy. In clear prose, it covers a lot of history in a few pages."
Russell Shorto's bestselling history packs a wallop of a story, moving from the halls of power in London and The Hague to bloody naval encounters on the high seas to the uncharted wilderness Manhattan once was.
Snowshoe Country is an environmental and cultural history of winter in the colonial Northeast, closely examining indigenous and settler knowledge of snow, ice, and life in the cold.
Dagomar Degroot reveals how the Dutch Republic thrived during the Little Ice Age, turning climate challenges into opportunities in trade, warfare, and culture—offering timely insights for today’s climate crisis.
Firth Haring Fabend has studied a large colonial American family over five generations. The Haring family settled in the Hackensack Valley where they lived, prospered, and remained throughout the eighteenth century.
From its earliest days under English rule, New York City had an unusually diverse ethnic makeup, with substantial numbers of immigrants.
In Who Should Rule at Home? Joyce D. Goodfriend argues that the high-ranking gentlemen who figure so prominently in most accounts of New York City's evolution.
