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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 |
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DESCARTES' BONES: A SKELETAL HISTORY OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON by SHORTO, RUSSELL (Hardcover - 2008) ISBN: 9780385517539 Subject: FICTION Publisher: DOUBLEDAY USA |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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