A Beautiful and Fruitful Place, Volume 1
In 1991 a collection of papers from the first ten conferences was published as "A Beautiful and Fruitful Place," Volume 1, a volume that is hard to come by these days. Its contents are presented here.
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II Agriculture and Farm-related Industries September 1979
Blackburn, The Persistence of Dutch Culture: Account of Building a Farm in 1787
III Crime and Punishment in New Netherland September 1980
Biemer, Criminal Law and Women in New Amsterdam and Early New York
V Historical Archeology September 1982
VI Blacks in New Netherland and the Middle Colonies February 1983
Goodfriend, Black Families in New Netherland
Christoph, The Freedmen of New Amsterdam
Davis, These Enemies of their own Household: Slaves in 18th Century New York
VII Education in New Netherland and the Middle Colonies September 1984
Frost, 356 Years of Formal Education in New York City
Maglione, Evidence for the Establishment of Collegiate School in 1628
De Jong, The Education and Training of Dutch Ministers
Howard, Apprenticeship and Economic Education in New Netherland
Hageman, The Dutch Battle for Higher Education in the Middle Colonies
Hershkowitz, Abigail Franks and Jewish Education in Early New York
VIII Merchants and Traders of New Netherland and Early New York September 1985
Wilcoxen, Dutch Trade with New England
Starna, Seventeenth Century Dutch-Indian Trade: A Perspective from Iroquoia
Matson, The "Hollander Interest" and Ideas about Free Trade in Colonial New York
Rink, New Netherland and the Amsterdam Merchants: Unraveling a Secret Colonialism
Burke, New Netherland Fur Trade, 1657-1661: Response to Crisis
X A New Netherland Hutspot September 1987
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