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American colonies / Alan Taylor ; [map illustrations by Jeffrey Ward].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Alan, 1955-
- Series:
- Penguin history of the United States
- The Penguin history of the United States
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- United States.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 526 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Books, 2002.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "American Colonies" reveals a pivotal period in the global interaction of peoples, cultures, plants, animals, and microbes. In a vivid narrative, Taylor creates a timely picture of the colonial world characterized by an interplay of freedom and slavery, opportunity and loss.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-514) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Maryann B. Sudo CW'63 and John B. Baxter, Jr., American History Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Taylor, Alan, 1955- American colonies.
- ISBN:
- 9781101064375
- 1101064374
- 9781101075814
- 1101075813
- Publisher Number:
- 99988130873
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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