| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 258 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Religion in America series
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Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-245) and index. |
| Summary |
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 tensionseventually 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 the Dutch Reformed Church between 1664 and the American Revolution, illustrates the difficulty of maintaining non-English culturesand institutions in an increasingly English world. A Perfect Babel of Confusion redresses some of the historiographical neglect of the Middle Colonies and, in the process, sheds new light on Dutch colonial culture. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dutch Americans -- New York (State) -- Religion.
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Dutch Americans. |
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New York (State) |
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Religion. |
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Reformed Church -- New Jersey -- History.
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Reformed Church. |
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New Jersey. |
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History. |
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Civil war -- Religious aspects -- Reformed Church. |
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Reformed Church -- New York (State) -- History.
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New York (State) -- Religious life and customs.
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New Jersey -- Religious life and customs.
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New York (State) -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
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New Jersey -- Ethnic relations.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Balmer, Randall Herbert. Perfect Babel of confusion. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002, ©1989 0195152654 (OCoLC)48195167 |
| ISBN |
1429401419 (electronic book) |
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9781429401418 (electronic book) |
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9780195152654 |
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0195152654 |
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0195058739 |
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9780195058734 |
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0195152654 |
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