Going Dutch — The Dutch Presence in America 1609-2009

Goodfriend (history, University of Denver), Schmidt (history, University of Washington) and Stott (art history, University of Denver) have edited this compilation of essays on the history of the Dutch experience in America. Beginning with the early Dutch colonies in what is now New York and how they differed from the English ones, the book covers such diverse topics as Washington Irving's view of the Dutch in upstate New York, the attempts by immigrants to build "little Hollands" in the Midwest, the increased interest in Dutch art by 19th-century collectors, and Dutch influence in architecture today. The concluding essay examines the concept of "Dutchness" both in America and the Netherlands today. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Joyce D. Goodfriend, Ph.D. (1975) in History, UCLA, is Professor of History at the University of Denver. She is the author of Before the Melting Pot: Society and Culture in Colonial New York City, 1664-1730 and editor of Revisiting New Netherland: Perspectives on Early Dutch America.Benjamin Schmidt, Ph.D. (1994), Harvard University, is Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington. His books include the prize-winning Innocence Abroad: The Dutch Imagination and the New World (2001) and Making Knowledge in Early Modern Europe: Practices, Objects, and Texts, 1400-1800 (2007).Annette Stott, Ph.D., Boston University, is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Denver. She is the author of Holland Mania: the Unknown Dutch Period in American Art and Culture, 1880-1913, as well as numerous articles and essays about Dutch and American visual culture.