American Colonies

The Settling Of North America

BY ALAN TAYLOR

Brief Description:
Transcending the usual Anglo-centric version of our colonial past, this book recovers the importance of Native American tribes, enslaved Africans, and the rival empires of France, Spain, the Netherlands, and even Russia in the colonization of North America. Moving beyond the Atlantic seaboard to examine the entire continent, "American Colonies" reveals a pivotal period in the global interaction of peoples, cultures, plants, animals, and microbes. In a vivid narrative, Taylor draws upon cutting-edge scholarship to create a timely picture of the colonial world characterized by the interplay of freedom and slavery, opportunity and loss. Many references to the role played by Quakers.

Penguin 2002 544 PP. Paper

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