The scratch of a pen [[electronic resource] ] : 1763 and the transformation of North America / / Colin G. Calloway
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Calloway Colin G (Colin Gordon), <1953->
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| Titolo: |
The scratch of a pen [[electronic resource] ] : 1763 and the transformation of North America / / Colin G. Calloway
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, England ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.2/6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Frontier and pioneer life - North America |
| Land tenure - North America - History - 18th century | |
| Indians of North America - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | North America History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
| Great Britain Colonies America | |
| France Colonies America | |
| North America Ethnic relations | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-208) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; EDITOR'S NOTE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1763 TIMELINE; Introduction:War, Peace, and Revolution; 1. America and Americans in 1763; 2. Contested Lands; 3. The First War of Independence; 4. Setting Boundaries; 5. Endings and Endurance in French America; 6. Louisiana Transfer and Mississippi Frontier; 7. Exiles and Expulsions; Epilogue: A Tale of Two Treaties; NOTES; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | More American territory changed hands in 1763 than in any international agreement before or since. Part of the ""Pivotal Moments in American History"" series, this volume surveys the transformation of the continent following the Peace of Paris, which ensured British dominance in North America but set the colonies on the road to revolution. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The scratch of a pen |
| ISBN: | 1-280-53473-7 |
| 0-19-804119-5 | |
| 1-4294-0413-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451676203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Pivotal moments in American history.