American colonies
by Taylor, Alan
In the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States, edited by Eric Foner, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history by examining the many cultures that helped make America, from the native inhabitants from milennia past, through the decades of Western colonization and conquest, and across the entire continent, all the way to the Pacific coast. Transcending the usual Anglocentric version of our colonial past, he recovers the importance of Native American tribe…
Read More ↓Title Statements
- Full title :American colonies / Alan Taylor ; map illustrations by Jeffrey Ward
Summary
In the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States, edited by Eric Foner, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history by examining the many cultures that helped make America, from the native inhabitants from milennia past, through the decades of Western colonization and conquest, and across the entire continent, all the way to the Pacific coast. Transcending the usual Anglocentric version of our colonial past, he recovers the importance of Native American tribes, African slaves, and the rival empires of France, Spain, the Netherlands, and even Russia in the colonization of North America. Moving beyond the Atlantic seaboard to examine the entire continent, American Colonies reveals a pivotal period in the global interaction of peoples, cultures, plants, animals, and microbes. In a vivid narrative, Taylor draws upon cutting-edge scholarship to create a timely picture of the colonial world characterized by an interplay of freedom and slavery, opportunity and loss.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2001
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Penguin Books
- Place of Publication:New York, New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2001
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xvii, 526 pages) : : illustrations, maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781101064375, 1101064374, 9781101075814, 1101075813
- oclc:ocn793256646
- LC Classification:E188
- Dewey Decimal:973.2
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. 3. 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.
Read More ↓Subjects
Writers
More from this Series
No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.
Rate & Review