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I just finished reading 1491 and I was looking for a book that covers the colonization of the United States and preferably Canada. I came across American Colonies by Alan Taylor and I decided to pick it up from the library.
Jan 1, 2001 · It describes the differences between colonies broken down by location and colonizer, ranging from dense sugar plantation colonies in Barbados and Jamaica, to settler colonies along the Atlantic coast of North America, and to remote outposts such as Louisiana, New Mexico, and California.
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- Hardcover
Jul 30, 2002 · 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 an interplay of freedom ...
- Penguin Books
- $17.29
Sep 6, 2016 · A great history of not only the Revolution in terms of the 13 colonies, but the entire continent of America as well. Mr. Taylor weaves the story of the 13 British colonies that became the United States, Canada, the West Indies, and the Non British colonies of the remainder of North America.
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- Unknown Binding
Transcending the usual Anglocentric version of our colonial past, he recovers the importance of Native American tribes, African slaves, and the rival empires of France, Spain, the Netherlands, and even Russia in the colonization of North America.
- Paperback
Nov 12, 2001 · The history of Colonial America used to be much shorter; it started with the Mayflower and ended with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Freedom and progress were the main themes of the narrative, and the lesson was clear: the values of that time produced a successful nation.
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Jul 30, 2002 · In the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States, edited by Eric Foner, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history by examining the many cultures that helped...
