Bibliograph

American colonies, Alan Taylor ; [map illustrations by Jeffrey Ward]

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American colonies, Alan Taylor ; [map illustrations by Jeffrey Ward]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-514) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

American colonies

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Alan Taylor ; [map illustrations by Jeffrey Ward]

Series statement

The Penguin history of the United States

Summary

Challenges the traditional Anglocentric focus of colonial history by examining the various cultural influences from which the United States emerged and documenting the intricate ecological, ethnic, and economic history of the New World

Table Of Contents

[pt. 1:] Encounters -- Natives, 13,000 B.C.-A.D. 1492 -- Colonizers, 1400-1800 -- New Spain, 1500-1600 -- The Spanish frontier, 1530-1700 -- Canada and Iroquoia, 1500-1660 -- [pt. 2:] Colonies -- Virginia, 1570-1650 -- Chesapeake colonies, 1650-1750 -- New England, 1600-1700 -- Puritans and Indians, 1600-1700 -- The West Indies, 1600-1700 -- Carolina, 1670-1760 -- Middle colonies, 1600-1700 -- [pt. 4:] Empires -- Revolutions, 1685-1730 -- The Atlantic, 1700-80 -- Awakenings, 1700-75 -- French America, 1650-1750 -- The Great Plains, 1680-1800 -- Imperial wars and crisis, 1739-75 -- The Pacific, 1760-1820

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