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

by Randall Balmer

Book Overview

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"