Publication

2011 - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

125,500 words, Guess

Page Count

502 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780674055803
  • Open LibraryOL26886918M

Classifications

  • DDC973/.01
  • LCCE169.12 .R497 2011
  • LCCE169.12.R497 2011

Description

This work is an investigation of North American history in the seven centuries before the founding of the United States, looking at how the sequential cultural layers defined by people the author calls the progenitors, conquistadores, traders, planters, imperialists, and Atlanteans contributed to the society, culture, and politics of the U.S. as it emerged after the Revolutionary War. It includes sections on Albany, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Charleston, South Carolina; corn; fur trade; Florida; Jamestown, Virginia; Maryland; Massachusetts Bay Colony; New York City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; St. Augustine, Florida; and Virginia.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Before the Revolution: America's ancient pastsBelknap Press of Harvard University Press2011-01-01

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