The Cambridge history of America and the world. Volume I, 1500-1820 / edited by Eliga Gould, Paul Mapp, Carla Gardina Pestana.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gould, Eliga H., editor.

Mapp, Paul W., editor.

Pestana, Carla Gardina, editor.

Series:

The Cambridge history of America and the world ; volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 605 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

The first volume of The Cambridge History of America and the World examines how the United States emerged out of a series of colonial interactions, some involving indigenous empires and communities that were already present when the first Europeans reached the Americas, others the adventurers and settlers dispatched by Europe's imperial powers to secure their American claims, and still others men and women brought as slaves or indentured servants to the colonies that European settlers founded. Collecting the thoughts of dynamic scholars working in the fields of early American, Atlantic, and global history, the volume presents an unrivalled portrait of the human richness and global connectedness of early modern America. Essay topics include exploration and environment, conquest and commerce, enslavement and emigration, dispossession and endurance, empire and independence, new forms of law and new forms of worship, and the creation and destruction when the peoples of four continents met in the Americas.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Nov 2021).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781108297455 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.