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 The Island at the Center of the World Russell Shorto HISTORY • 2005 • PAPER • 416 PAGES
Shorto's popular history of New Amsterdam tells in colorful detail how the short-lived Dutch colony, taken over by the British in 1644, established on Manhattan Island the principles of tolerance, multiculturalism and modern capitalism. A lively book that alters the common perceptions of early America.
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