Ramapo Mountain People

Name: Ramapo Mountain People
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ISBN: 9780813511955

ISBN-10: 081351195X

ISBN-13: 9780813511955

Edition: 1986

Authors: David Steven Cohen, David Goldstein

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Book details

List price: $38.95
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 8/1/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of Tables


Preface


Acknowledgments



The Origin of the Jackson Whites--History or Legend?



Colored Pioneers in New Amsterdam and the Hackensack River Valley



The Migration to the Ramapo Mountains



Mahwah



Ringwood



Hillburn



Race



Family and Kinship



Folklore as an Expression of the Culture



Religion, Folk Beliefs, and World View



The Aftermath--Initial Reaction to a New Image



Motifs and Tale Types



Herb Cures and Folk Remedies



A Jersey Dutch Wordlist



Population Dispersal of Ramapo Mountain People, 1911



Scholarly Literature on Racially Mixed Groups in the Eastern United States


Notes


Bibliography


Index


Illustrations


Frontispiece


Group I


Group II


Group III


Group IV