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AMSTERDAM: A HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S MOST LIBERAL CIT by SHORTO, RUSSELL (Paperback - 2013)
ISBN: 9780307743756
Subject: HISTORY (NON-ASIAN)
Publisher: VINTAGE
AMSTERDAM by SHORTO, RUSSEL (Paperback - 2013)
ISBN: 9780385538183
Subject: HISTORY (NON-ASIAN)
Publisher: DOUBLEDAY
DESCARTES' BONES: A SKELETAL HISTORY OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON by SHORTO, RUSSELL (Hardcover - 2008)
ISBN: 9780385517539
Subject: FICTION
Publisher: DOUBLEDAY USA
DESCARTES' BONES: A SKELETAL HISTORY OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON by SHORTO, RUSSELL (Paperback - 2009)
ISBN: 9780307275660
Subject: HISTORY (NON-ASIAN)
Publisher: VINTAGE US
ISLAND AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD by SHORTO, RUSSELL (Paperback - 2005)
ISBN: 9780552999823
Subject: HISTORY (NON-ASIAN)
Publisher: BLACK SWAN

In the late 1960s, an archivist made an astounding discovery: 12,000 pages of centuries-old correspondence, court cases etc from a forgotten society: the Dutch colony centered on Manhattan. Now, Russell Shorto has made use of this material to construct a sweeping narrative of Manhattan¡¦s founding that gives a fresh perspective on how America began. The book strips Manhattan of its asphalt, bringing us back to a wilderness island¡Xa hunting ground for Indians, populated by wolves and bears¡Xthat became a prize in the global power struggle between the English and the Dutch. Shorto shows that America¡¦s founding was not the work of English settlers alone but a result of the clashing of two 17th century powers. While the Puritans of New England were founding a society based on intolerance, on Manhattan the Dutch created a free-trade, upwardly-mobile melting pot that would help shape not only New York, but America.
SAINTS AND MADMEN: HOW PIONEERING PSYCHIATRISTS ARE CREATING A NEW SCIENCE OF THE SOUL by SHORTO, RUSSELL (Paperback - 2000)
ISBN: 9780805059014
Subject: MIND, BODY & HEALTH
Publisher: OWL BOOKS
THE ISLAND AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD: THE EPIC STORY OF DUTCH MANHATTAN AND THE FORGOTTEN COLONY THAT SHAPED AMERICA by SHORTO, RUSSELL (Paperback - 2005)
ISBN: 9781400078677
Subject: HISTORY (NON-ASIAN)
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
THE ISLAND AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD by SHORTO, RUSSELL (Paperback - 2005)
ISBN: JPM0552999822
Subject: HISTORY (NON-ASIAN)
Publisher: VINTAGE

In the late 1960s, an archivist made an astounding discovery: 12,000 pages of centuries-old correspondence, court cases etc from a forgotten society: the Dutch colony centered on Manhattan. Now, Russell Shorto has made use of this material to construct a sweeping narrative of Manhattan¡¦s founding that gives a fresh perspective on how America began. The book strips Manhattan of its asphalt, bringing us back to a wilderness island¡Xa hunting ground for Indians, populated by wolves and bears¡Xthat became a prize in the global power struggle between the English and the Dutch. Shorto shows that America¡¦s founding was not the work of English settlers alone but a result of the clashing of two 17th century powers. While the Puritans of New England were founding a society based on intolerance, on Manhattan the Dutch created a free-trade, upwardly-mobile melting pot that would help shape not only New York, but America.
   
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