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UNINA9910819157103321 |
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Titolo |
Converging worlds : communities and cultures in colonial America / / edited by Louise A. Breen |
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New York, : Routledge, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-59673-9 |
0-415-96498-9 |
1-136-59674-7 |
0-203-33647-X |
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Edizione |
[1st edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (649 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Indians - First contact with Europeans |
Europeans - America - History |
America Colonization History |
America Colonization History Sources |
Europe Colonies America |
Europe Colonies America Sources |
United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Sources |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Converging Worlds Communities and Cultures in Colonial America; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Beginnings; Chapter 1 European Ambitions and Early Contacts: Diverse Styles of Colonization, 1492-1700; Chapter 2 Tentative Testimonies: The Aztecs, Conquest, and The Black Legend; Chapter 3 Indians of North America: First Encounters; PART II Regions; Chapter 4 The Chesapeake Bay; Chapter 5 New England; Chapter 6 The Caribbean Islands: British Trade, Settlement, and Colonization; Chapter 7 The Middle Colonies; Chapter 8 The Carolinas: Shaping of a Slave Society |
PART III ThemesChapter 9 Judgment at Salem: War, Witchcraft, and Empire; Chapter 10 Purgatory: Interpreting Christian Missions and North American Indians; Chapter 11 The Slave Trade and Slavery; |
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Chapter 12 Women, Family, and Gender; PART IV Transformations; Chapter 13 American Backcountries; Chapter 14 Spiritual Awakenings; Chapter 15 Enlightenment; Chapter 16 Ambitions: Expansion of New France; Chapter 17 French and Indian War; Afterword: A Revolutionary Era; Notes on Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Providing a survey of colonial American history both regionally broad and ""Atlantic"" in coverage, Converging Worlds presents the most recent research in an accessible manner for undergraduate students.With chapters written by top-notch scholars, Converging Worlds is unique in providing not only a comprehensive chronological approach to colonial history with attention to thematic details, but a window into the relevant historiography. Each historian also selected several documents to accompany their chapter, found in the companion primary source reader.C |
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