{"product_id":"the-shame-and-the-sorrow-dutchamerindian-encounters-in-new-netherland-9780812222722","title":"The Shame and the Sorrow  DutchAmerindian","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the forty years of the Dutch presence in colonial America, their intrusion led to the betrayal of their own values and the betrayal of the indigenous peoples. They reaped the shame of reproaching themselves for unjust wars and faced a native insurgency that they could neither negotiate nor satisfactorily quell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Merwick is unafraid of 'weighing up' the evidence carefully to recapture the 'moral murkiness' that dominated seventeenth-century Netherlanders' efforts. . . . [A] beautifully constructed work.\" * \u003ci\u003eAustralasian Journal of American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Merwick's book is certainly interesting, often beautifully written, but it is also a strong contribution to historical scholarship.\" * \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoundings\u003cbr\u003e PART I. ALONGSHORE\u003cbr\u003e 1. Alongshore: Stories to Tell of the Virginias\u003cbr\u003e 2. \"The Island\"\u003cbr\u003e PART II. SHARED BEACHES\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Quarterdeck and Trading Station\u003cbr\u003e 4. Natives and Strangers\u003cbr\u003e PART III. STAYING ALONGSHORE\u003cbr\u003e 5. Sovereign People\u003cbr\u003e 6. Masters of Their Lands\u003cbr\u003e 7. Inland Drownings\u003cbr\u003e PART IV. OMENS OF A TRAGEDY COMING ON\u003cbr\u003e 8. Bells of War\u003cbr\u003e 9. \"Only This and Nothing More\"\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Connecticut Valley: The Strangers' Ways of Violence\u003cbr\u003e PART V. DEADLY ENCOUNTER\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Indian War Seen\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Indian War Given Words\u003cbr\u003e 13. The War's Haunting\u003cbr\u003e PART VI. CROSS-COLONIZATION\u003cbr\u003e 14. Watchful Waiting\u003cbr\u003e 15. Alongshore Compromised\u003cbr\u003e 16. Considerations on a Just War\u003cbr\u003e PART VII. FINAL LOGGED ENTRIES\u003cbr\u003e 17. Cultural Entanglement\u003cbr\u003e 18. No Closure\u003cbr\u003e Weighing Up\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405701292375,"sku":"9780812222722","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812222722.jpg?v=1730493328","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-shame-and-the-sorrow-dutchamerindian-encounters-in-new-netherland-9780812222722","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}