| Description |
xvii, 526 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
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| Series |
The Penguin history of the United States |
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Penguin history of the United States.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-514) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
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Colonies -- America.
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Colonies. (OCoLC)fst00868456
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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 |
0670872822 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
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9780670872824 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
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