Acadia, Maine, and New Scotland : Marginal Colonies in the Seventeenth Century / John Reid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, John, Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acadia--Historical geography.

Acadia.

Great Britain--Colonies--History--17th century.

Great Britain.

Maine--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Maine.

Maritime Provinces--Historical geography.

Maritime Provinces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Although nothing major differences, Reid emphasizes the similarities among the colonies, each of which failed to fulfil the expectations of its parent country: he reflects on this failure as an important exception to the seemingly ineluctable progress of European colonization in America.

Contents:

Cover; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I INTRODUCTION; 1 Beginnings, to 1630; PART II THE FORMATIVE YEARS, 1630-1650; 2 Relationships with Europe; 3 Relationships with Native Peoples; 4 Relationships with Other Colonies; 5 Internal Relationships; PART III THE INTERPLAY OF FORCES, 1650-1690; 6 Euramerican Adjustment, 1650-1660; 7 European Reassertion, 1660-1675; 8 Violent Dissolution, 1675-1690; Conclusion; Maps; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Reprinted in 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7535-1

OCLC:

1129171438