A Perfect Babel of Confusion: Dutch Religion and English Culture in the Middle Colonies

by Randall Balmer

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Examining the interaction of the Dutch and the English in colonial New York and New Jersey, this study charts the decline of European culture in North America. Balmer argues that the combination of political intrigue, English cultural imperialism, and internal socio-economic tensions eventually drove the Dutch away from their hereditary customs, language, and culture. He shows how this process, which played itself out most visibly and poignantly in...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195152654

ISBN13:9780195152654

Release Date:April 2002

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Related Subjects

17th Century Christian Books & Bibles Church History Churches & Church Leadership Colonial Period England Europe History Ireland Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Netherlands Presbyterian Protestantism Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies State & Local Theology

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