Kingston : city on the Hudson /
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| Author / Creator: | Evers, Alf. |
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| Imprint: | Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, c2005. |
| Description: | 496 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5788637 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Men, women and the spirits they believe in share the remarkably fertile place where three valleys meet until Dutch traders and colonizers intrude from beyond the sea - about 12,000 B.C. to about 1652
- Pt. 2. Living side by side like brothers proves difficult, as the intruders succumb to the lure of cleared and fertile land and valuable furs, and the natives become seduced by trade goods such as colorful glass beads, steel knives and mind-bending liquors - an ambush at the Indian tennis court strikes a hard blow to brotherly feeling
- Pt. 3. The Esopus wars begin and end
- Pt. 4. A Dutch company and then the commercially driven British further profitably colonize the land and people of Kingston under changing rulers 1661-1700
- Pt. 5. Life in the colony of Kingston as oppressed by British colonial rule in the 18th century up till July 4, 1776
- Pt. 6. An independent nation is born in battle with the help of Kingston 1776-1783
- Pt. 7. The new nation begins to take shape
- Pt. 8. Kingston develops its character in peace and war 1813-1865
- Pt. 9. A multi-ethnic and historic city faces a restless world 1865-1890's
- Pt. 10. Kingston makes progress toward becoming accepted as a truly historic city of the U.S.A. 1890s-present
- App. William Redin, American painter who painted Kingston and drew Kingston places.
