| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
x, 533 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-518) and index. |
| Contents |
The first Americans -- Europe in the age of discovery, 1400-1500 -- The Spanish century, 1492-1588 -- Rivals for the northland : England and France in America -- The planter colonies -- A new England -- The middle colonies -- The critical years, 1675-1700 -- The empires reinvented, 1660-1763 -- Provincial people and places in the eighteenth century -- Common pastimes and elite pursuits -- Mercantilism and markets -- The last war and the lost peace, 1754-1763 -- A nation in the womb of time, 1764-1775 -- Independence, war, and republicanism, 1776-1783. |
| Summary |
"The Brave New World covers early American history, from 30,000 years before Europeans ever landed on North American shores to the creation of the new nation. Peter Charles Hoffer combines Atlantic Rim scholarship with a Continental perspective, illuminating early America from all angles - from its first settlers to the Spanish Century, from African slavery to the Salem witchcraft cases, from prayer and drinking practices to the development of complex economies, from the colonies' fight for freedom to an infant nation's struggle for political and economic legitimacy."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Indians of North America -- History.
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America -- Discovery and exploration.
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Discoveries in geography. (OCoLC)fst00894950
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Indians of North America. (OCoLC)fst00969633
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America. (OCoLC)fst01239786
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1600-1775
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0801884837 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780801884832 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
99815730219 |
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