Before the Revolution : America's ancient pasts / Daniel K. Richter.
Author/creator |
Richter, Daniel K. |
Format | Electronic and Book |
Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, |
Description | viii, 502 p., [14] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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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, 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. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2010037881 |
ISBN | 9780674055803 (alk. paper) |
ISBN | 0674055802 (alk. paper) |
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