| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780393881165 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0393881164 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1482617392 |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
n-us-ny |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
AJMA |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
F128.4 |
| Item number |
.S57 2025 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
F128.4 |
| Item number |
S56 2025 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
974.7102 Sho |
| Item number |
15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
974.7102 Sho |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Shorto, Russell |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Taking Manhattan : |
| Remainder of title |
the extraordinary events that created New York and shaped America |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Russell Shorto |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Extraordinary events that created New York and shaped America |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York, NY |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
W. W. Norton & Company |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2025 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xii, 390 pages |
| Other physical details |
illustrations, maps ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-371) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Prologue: The view from the mountaintop -- Part one: Squaring off. The invader -- The defender -- Enemy waters -- Stuyvesant's error -- Part two: Settlement and exile. Rabbits on an anthill -- The trailblazer -- The exile -- Dorothea Angola -- Restoration London -- Part three: A game of chess. Doppelganger -- Gravesend -- The alchemist -- The delegation -- The effusion of Christian blood -- White flag -- "The town of Manhatans" -- Part four: The invention. Remaining English -- Merger -- Going Dutch -- The mystery. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
The author of The Island at the Center of the World offers up a thrilling narrative of how New York--that brash, bold, archetypal city--came to be. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their archrivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, the military officer who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he encountered Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherland's canny director general. Bristling with vibrant characters, Taking Manhattan reveals the founding of New York to be an invention, the result of creative negotiations that would blend the multiethnic, capitalistic society of New Amsterdam with the power of the rising English empire. But the birth of what might be termed the first modern city is also a story of the brutal dispossession of Native Americans and of the roots of American slavery. The book draws from newly translated materials and illuminates neglected histories--of religious refugees, Indigenous tribes, and free and enslaved Africans. Taking Manhattan tells the riveting story of the birth of New York City as a center of capitalism and pluralism, a foundation from which America would rise. It also shows how the paradox of New York's origins--boundless opportunity coupled with subjugation and displacement--reflects America's promise and failure to this day. Russell Shorto, whose work has been described as "astonishing" (New York Times) and "literary alchemy" (Chicago Tribune), has once again mined archival sources to offer a vibrant tale and a fresh and trenchant argument about American beginnings. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) |
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| Local note |
115870 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
Colonial Period (1600-1775) |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
History |
| General subdivision |
Modern |
| Chronological subdivision |
17th Century |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
History |
| General subdivision |
Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) |
| -- |
State & Local |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
Stuart Era (1603-1714) |
| Geographic subdivision |
Great Britain |
| -- |
Europe |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
New York (N.Y.) |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
New York (N.Y.) |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
900 - 999 |