ISBN:
9780674061248
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (VIII, 502 S.)
,
Ill., Kt.
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Suppl.:
Rezensiert in Bulthuis, Kyle T. [Rezension von: Richter, Daniel K., Before the Revolution: America's Ancient Pasts] 2013
Paralleltitel:
Print version Before the Revolution
DDC:
973/.01
Schlagwort(e):
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
Kurzfassung:
This work is an investigation of North American history in the seven centuries before the founding of the United States, looking at how the sequential cultural layers defined by people the author calls the progenitors, conquistadores, traders, planters, imperialists, and Atlanteans contributed to the society, culture, and politics of the U.S. as it emerged after the Revolutionary War. It includes sections on Albany, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Charleston, South Carolina; corn; fur trade; Florida; Jamestown, Virginia; Maryland; Massachusetts Bay Colony; New York City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; St. Augustine, Florida; and Virginia
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Prologue : layered pastsProgenitors -- 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.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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