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American Colonies (Penguin History of the United States)
by Alan Taylor
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Viking Adult (2001-11-12)
ISBN: 0670872822
EAN: 9780670872824
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 526 pages
Edition: 1ST
Release Date: 2001-11-08
SKU: 597332
Condition: Like New
Comments: IN PERFECT CONDITION. EARLY PRINT. RAPID SHIPPING. AIR MAIL.
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Product Description
In American Colonies award-winning historian Alan Taylor challenges the traditional Anglocentric focus of colonial history by exploring the multitude of cultural influences out of which "America" ultimately emerged. From the Siberian migrations across the Bering Strait fifteen thousand years ago and the European expeditions of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries through the nineteenth-century exploration and occupation of the Hawaiian Islands, Taylor traces the complex ecological, ethnic, and economic history and colonization of the New World from coast to coast, from the Canadian north to the Pacific rim.
Examining the repeatedly overlooked influence of the continent's natives upon the colonists and the resulting mutual dependence of the two, Taylor presents a unique and revelatory view of colonial North America. European colonists, African slaves, and native peoples met one another and interacted at a pace and intensity unparalleled in global history. The effects of this staggering confluence of cultural, ecological, military, diplomatic, and economic interests are still being felt in America today. This fascinating and involving history of the origins of the United States will provoke and appeal to all readers of American history.
Series Editor: Eric Foner
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