ISBN:
9780674055803
,
9780674072367
,
0674055802
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 502 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Bulthuis, Kyle T. [Rezension von: Richter, Daniel K., Before the Revolution: America's Ancient Pasts] 2013
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Richter, Daniel K., 1954 - Before the Revolution
DDC:
973/.01
Keywords:
United States Civilization
;
United States Civilization
;
Indian influences
;
United States Civilization
;
European influences
;
United States Civilization
;
African influences
;
America History To 1810
;
United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
;
United States
;
Civilization
;
United States
;
Civilization
;
Indian influences
;
United States
;
Civilization
;
European influences
;
United States
;
Civilization
;
African influences
;
America
;
History
;
To 1810
;
United States
;
History
;
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
;
Nordamerika
;
Indianer
;
Europa
;
Afrika
;
Einfluss
;
Geschichte Anfänge-1763
Abstract:
Prologue : layered pasts -- Progenitors -- Legacies of power from medieval North America -- Legacies of conquest from medieval Europe -- Conquistadores -- Crusades of the Christ-bearers to the Americas -- Crusades of the protestants to new worlds -- Traders -- Native Americans and the power of trade -- Epidemics, war, and the remapping of a continent -- Planters -- Searching for order in new and old England -- Planting patriarchy in New England and Virginia -- Dutch, French, Spanish, and English counterpoints -- Imperialists -- Monarchical power reborn -- Planters besieged -- Revolution, war, and a new transatlantic order -- Atlanteans -- Producing and consuming in an Atlantic empire -- People in motion, enslaved and free -- Contending for a continent -- Gloomy and dark days -- Epilogue : present pasts
Description / Table of Contents:
Prologue : layered pasts -- Progenitors -- Legacies of power from medieval North America -- Legacies of conquest from medieval Europe -- Conquistadores -- Crusades of the Christ-bearers to the Americas -- Crusades of the protestants to new worlds -- Traders -- Native Americans and the power of trade -- Epidemics, wars, and the remapping of a continent -- Planters -- Searching for order in new and old England -- Planting patriarchy in New England and Virginia -- Dutch, French, Spanish, and English alternatives -- Imperialists -- Monarchical power reborn -- Planters besieged -- Revolution, warfare, and a new transatlantic order -- Atlanteans -- Producing and consuming in an Atlantic empire -- People in motion in slavery and freedom -- Contending for a continent -- Gloomy and dark days -- Epilogue : present pasts.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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