The brave new world : a history of early America / / Peter Charles Hoffer
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| Autore: |
Hoffer Peter Charles <1944->
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| Titolo: |
The brave new world : a history of early America / / Peter Charles Hoffer
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (544 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Indians of North America - History |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
| America Discovery and exploration | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-518) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I. WORLDS IN MOTION -- Chapter One. The First Americans -- Chapter Two. Europe in the Age of Discovery, 1400-1500 -- Chapter Three. The Spanish Century, 1492-1588 -- Chapter Four. Rivals for the Northland: England and France in America -- Chapter Five. The Planter Colonies -- Chapter Six. A New England -- Chapter Seven. The Middle Colonies -- Chapter Eight. The Critical Years, 1675-1700 -- PART II. FROM PROVINCES OF EMPIRE TO A NEW NATION -- Chapter Nine. The Empires Reinvented, 1660-1763 -- Chapter Ten. Provincial People and Places in the Eighteenth Century -- Chapter Eleven. Common Pastimes and Elite Pursuits -- Chapter Twelve. Mercantilism and Markets -- Chapter Thirteen. The Last War and the Lost Peace, 1754-1763 -- Chapter Fourteen. A Nation in the Womb of Time, 1764-1775 -- Chapter Fifteen. Independence, War, and Republicanism, 1776-1783 -- Epilogue: The Way Ahead -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Wide-ranging in scope, inclusive in content, the revised edition of The Brave New World continues to provide professors, students, and historians with an engaging and accessible history of early North America. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The brave new world |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-9222-8 |
| 1-4356-9207-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811529603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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