The ancient house : constructing community in the seventeenth-century New York borderlands / by Erin B. Kramer.

Author/creator Kramer, Erin B. author
Format Book
PublicationChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2026]
Descriptionxiv, 206 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Portion of title Constructing community in the seventeenth-century New York borderlands
SeriesDavid J. Weber series in the new borderlands history
David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/471c4bda-08aa-1102-d44b-6d4e09aefa20
Contents Memory and peace -- Building houses, feeding the people -- Walking in the woods -- Brother Corlaer's new house -- Condolence and renewal -- A sheltering house -- Mastery and community.
Abstract "While New Amsterdam has captured public imagination and scholarly attention for centuries, the Dutch borderland settlement that became Albany, New York, was no less vital to the development of early America. In The Ancient House , historian Erin Kramer examines how early relationships between the Dutch and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) built a foundation for the town's oversized role in European and Indigenous diplomacy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Albany (called 'the ancient house' by a Haudenosaunee orator) was an essential space where Indigenous people articulated what it meant for Europeans to settle in their world. Kramer illustrates how Haudenosaunee people shaped the town, its politics, and the laws enforced there through a century of negotiations, and how they sought redress and hold colonists to their agreements. By incorporating Haudenosaunee stories into the broader narrative of New York history, The Ancient House reveals how Albany became a negotiated community, a site of dialogue, and a critical central place in early America"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2025045070
ISBN9781469693781 cloth
ISBN146969378X
ISBN9781469693798 paperback
ISBN1469693798
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