by Russell Shorto · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781400078677
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«The Island at the Center of the World» is a historical essay by Russell Shorto, published by Vintage in paperback (416 pages, in English).
It reconstructs the history of New Netherland, the Dutch colony of Manhattan that the English seized in 1664. Drawing on 12,000 pages translated by Charles Gehring, Shorto shows how that multicultural, tolerant society influenced New York and the United States. The clash between Stuyvesant and Adriaen van der Donck structures the narrative.
Subtitled «The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America». Original edition 2004; this Vintage edition is from 2005.
Recommended for readers of American colonial history and for anyone wanting to discover the Dutch origins of New York and its influence on the United States.
Russell Anthony Shorto is an American author, historian, and journalist. He is best known for his book on the Dutch origins of New York City, The Island at the Center of the World. Shorto's research for the book relied greatly on the work of the New Netherland Project, now known as the New Netherland Research Center, as well as the New Netherland Institute. Shorto has been the New Netherland Institute's Senior Scholar since 2013.
