Displaying 1 of 1 2025 Format : Book Auteur : Shorto, Russell, author. Titre : Taking Manhattan : the extraordinary events that created New York and shaped America / Russell Shorto. Autre titre : Extraordinary events that created New York and shaped America Édition : First edition. Éditeur, date : New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2025] ©2025 Description : xii, 390 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Résumé : The author of The Island at the Center of the World offers up a thrilling narrative of how New York--that brash, bold, archetypal city--came to be. Remarques : Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-371) and index. Contenu : Prologue: The view from the mountaintop -- Part one: Squaring off. The invader -- The defender -- Enemy waters -- Stuyvesant's error -- Part two: Settlement and exile. Rabbits on an anthill -- The trailblazer -- The exile -- Dorothea Angola -- Restoration London -- Part three: A game of chess. Doppelganger -- Gravesend -- The alchemist -- The delegation -- The effusion of Christian blood -- White flag -- "The town of Manhatans" -- Part four: The invention. Remaining English -- Merger -- Going Dutch -- The mystery. Sujets : Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- History. New York (N.Y.) -- History. ISBN : 9780393881165 (hardcover) 0393881164 (hardcover) Numéro de contrôle : 2268869 Disponibilité :1 (of 1) Disponibilité du système :25 (of 48) Déposer une demande Ajouter à ma liste Partager Expand All | Collapse All Map It Grande image couverture Disponibilité Aperçu du bibliothècaire Suggestions et plus Displaying 1 of 1
