Phil Windley's TechnometriaOrganizations Get the IT They DeserveIsland at the Center of the World- May 19, 2004 I've been reading Russell Shorto's book "Island at the Center of the World." The book is a history of Dutch Manhattan and its affect on American history and values. I love American history of all sort and this was one of those rare books that is as exciting as a work of fiction, but is entirely factual. The books is based on recent translations of Dutch colonial records. For anyone reading Neal Stephenson's "The Baroque Cycle," Shorto's book provides rich backdrop into part of the...http://www.windley.com/archives/2004/05/island_at_the_c.shtml |