{"product_id":"taking-manhattan-russell-shorto-9780393881165","title":"Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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, who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he began parleying with Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch leader on Manhattan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBristling with vibrant characters, \u003cem\u003eTaking Manhattan\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the founding of New York to be an invention: the result not of an English military takeover but of clever negotiations that led to a fusion of the multiethnic capitalistic society the Dutch had pioneered to 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. \u003cem\u003eTaking Manhattan\u003c\/em\u003e shows how the paradox of New York's origins--boundless opportunity coupled with subjugation and displacement--reflect America's promise and failure to this day. Russell Shorto, whose work has been described as \"astonishing\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e) and \"revelatory\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e magazine), has once again mined newly translated sources to offer a vibrant tale and a fresh and trenchant argument about American beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell Shorto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393881164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393881165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Russell Shorto","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46052414488831,"sku":"9780393881165","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95d4d456-f48b-4ef0-bd1a-1e6839e5a0f4.jpg?v=1723556307","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/taking-manhattan-russell-shorto-9780393881165","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}