| Description |
viii, 502 p., [14] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue : layered pasts -- Progenitors -- Legacies of power from medieval North America -- Legacies of conquest from medieval Europe -- Conquistadores -- Crusades of the Christ-bearers to the Americas -- Crusades of the protestants to new worlds -- Traders -- Native Americans and the power of trade -- Epidemics, war, and the remapping of a continent -- Planters -- Searching for order in new and old England -- Planting patriarchy in New England and Virginia -- Dutch, French, Spanish, and English counterpoints -- Imperialists -- Monarchical power reborn -- Planters besieged -- Revolution, war, and a new transatlantic order -- Atlanteans -- Producing and consuming in an Atlantic empire -- People in motion, enslaved and free -- Contending for a continent -- Gloomy and dark days -- Epilogue : present pasts. |
| Source |
NBK 5/11 PPL |
| Subject |
United States -- Civilization.
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United States -- Civilization -- Indian influences.
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United States -- Civilization -- European influences.
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United States -- Civilization -- African influences.
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America -- History -- To 1810.
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United States -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
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| ISBN |
9780674055803 (alk. paper) |
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0674055802 (alk. paper) |
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