New Netherland Praatjes

009 Dennis Maika, The Economy of Seventeenth-Century New Amsterdam/Manhattan


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NNI’s Senior Historian and Education Director Dennis Maika chats with Russell Shorto about Maika’s work on 17th-century New Amsterdam/Manhattan merchants and his work promoting the importance of the seventeenth-century Dutch colony to the New York State Education Department. Topics include the economic structure of the colony, including the role of the Dutch West India Company, and the role of state regulation in the economy.
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New Netherland PraatjesBy The New Netherland Institute