Taking Manhattan by Russell Shorto
Taking Manhattan tells how, in 1664, English forces moved to take Dutch New Amsterdam and how negotiations between Richard Nicolls and Peter Stuyvesant reshaped the settlement. The book follows the fusion of Dutch multiethnic commercial life with rising English power that laid the foundations of modern New York, while also tracing the violent dispossession of Native peoples and the emergence of slavery—capturing the city’s early mix of opportunity and oppression.
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- Published
- 2025
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 408
- Original Language
- English
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