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American colonies / Alan Taylor ; Eric Foner, editor

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Penguin history of the United States ; 1Publication details: [London] : Penguin, ©2001Description: xvii, 526 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780670872824
  • 9780670872824
Other title:
  • American colonies the settling of North America
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Partial contents:
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 -- Virginia, 1570-1650 -- Chesapeake Colonies, 1650-1750 -- New England, 1600-1700 -- Puritans and Indians, 1600-1700 -- Carolina, 1670-1760 -- Middle colonies, 1600-1700 -- 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
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

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 -- Virginia, 1570-1650 -- Chesapeake Colonies, 1650-1750 -- New England, 1600-1700 -- Puritans and Indians, 1600-1700 -- Carolina, 1670-1760 -- Middle colonies, 1600-1700 -- 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

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.

Originally published: New York : Viking, 2001

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