Going Dutch: The Dutch Presence in America 1609-2009 (Atlantic World, 15)

This volume investigates the place of Dutch history and Dutch-derived culture in America over the last four centuries. It considers how the Dutch have fared in America, and it explores how American conceptions of Dutchness have developed, from Henry Hudson's historic voyage to Manhattan in 1609 through the rise of Dutch design at the turn of the twenty-first century. Essays probe a rich array of topics: Dutch themes in American arts and letters; the place of Dutch paintings in American collections; shifting American interests in Dutch art, literature, and architecture; the experience of Dutch immigrants in America; and the Dutch Reformed Church in America. Going Dutch presents a much needed overview of the Dutch-American experience from its beginnings to the present.Contributors include: Julie Berger Hochstrasser, Willem Frijhoff, Joyce D. Goodfriend, Hans Krabbendam, Joseph Manca, Nancy T. Minty, Mark A. Peterson, Christopher Pierce, Judith Richardson, Louisa Wood Ruby, Benjamin Schmidt, Robert Schoone-Jongen, Annette Stott, Tity de Vries, and Dennis P. Weller. Holland In America / Joyce D. Goodfriend, Benjamin Schmidt, Annette Stott -- Dutch Art And The Hudson Valley Patroon Painters / Louisa Wood Ruby -- Erasing The Dutch: The Critical Reception Of Hudson Valley Dutch Architecture, 1670-1840 / Joseph Manca -- Ghosting Of The Hudson Valley Dutch / Judith Richardson -- Brahmin Goes Dutch: John Lothrop Motley And The Lessons Of Dutch History In Nineteenth-century Boston / Mark A. Peterson -- But Tho We Love Old Holland Still, We Love Columbia More, The Formation Of A Dutch-america Subculture In The United States, 1840-1920 / Hans Krabbendam -- Churches Bigger Than Windmills: Religion And Dutchness In Minnesota, 1885-1928 / Robert Schoone-jongen -- Windmills On The Plains: Vision And Social Memory In Two Dutch Communities In Iowa / Julie Berger Hochstrasser -- Great Expectations: The Golden Age Redeems The Gilded Era / Nancy T. Minty -- Old Masters In The New World: The Hudson-fulton Exhibition Of 1909 And Its Legacy / Dennis P. Weller -- Crossing The Frontiers Of The Unknown: Fred L. Polak's Road To Pioneer Of Futures Studies In The United States / Tity De Vries -- From Bauhaus To Our House To Koolhaas: The Office For Metropolitan Architecture (oma) And Modern American Culture / Christopher Pierce -- Dutchness In Fact And Fiction / Willem Frijhoff Edited By Joyce D. Goodfriend, Benjamin Schmidt And Annette Stott. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This volume investigates the place of Dutch history and Dutch-derived culture in America over the last four centuries. It considers how the Dutch have fared in America, and it explores how American conceptions of Dutchness have developed, from Henry Hudson's historic voyage to Manhattan in 1609 through the rise of Dutch design at the turn of the twenty-first century. Essays probe a rich array of topics: Dutch themes in American arts and letters; the place of Dutch paintings in American collections; shifting American interests in Dutch art, literature, and architecture; the experience of Dutch immigrants in America; and the Dutch Reformed Church in America. Going Dutch presents a much needed overview of the Dutch-American experience from its beginnings to the present. Contributors include: Julie Berger Hochstrasser, Willem Frijhoff, Joyce D. Goodfriend, Hans Krabbendam, Joseph Manca, Nancy T. Minty, Mark A. Peterson, Christopher Pierce, Judith Richardson, Louisa Wood Ruby, Benjamin Schmidt, Robert Schoone-Jongen, Annette Stott, Tity de Vries, and Dennis P. Weller "This volume investigates the place of Dutch history and Dutch derived culture in America over the last four centuries. It considers how the Dutch have fared in America, and it explores how American conceptions of Dutchness have developed, from Henry Hudson's historic voyage to Manhattan in 1609 through the rise of Dutch design at the turn of the twenty-first century. Essays probe a rich array of topics: Dutch themes in American arts and letters; the place of Dutch paintings in American collections; shifting American interests in Dutch art, literature, and architecture; the experience of Dutch immigrants in America; and the Dutch Reformed Church in America. Going Dutch presents a much needed overview of the Dutch-American experience from its beginnings to the present."--Jacket This multidisciplinary collection of essays explores the place of the Dutch in American society and the role of the Dutch in American history and culture over the past four centuries. It also investigates variants of "Dutchness" that developed in America. Investigates the place of Dutch history and Dutch-derived culture in America over four centuries. This book considers how the Dutch fared in America, and explores how American conceptions of Dutchness developed