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Colonial America

A History to 1763
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Colonial America: A History to 1763, 4th Edition offers a comprehensive and updated exploration of the origins and growth of the thirteen English colonies in North America. This edition expands its scope to include the parallel development of French, Spanish, and Dutch colonies, enhancing understanding of the continent's colonial mosaic. It highlights the roles of families and women with extensively revised chapters and delves into trans-Atlantic influences through the example of Barbados. Notably, it emphasises Native American perspectives and their impact on colonial history.
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Colonial America: A History to 1763, 4th Edition provides updated and revised coverage of the background, founding, and development of the thirteen English North American colonies.

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Colonial America: A History to 1763, 4th Edition provides updated and revised coverage of the background, founding, and development of the thirteen English North American colonies.

Fully revised and expanded fourth edition, with updated bibliography:

  • Includes new coverage of the simultaneous development of French, Spanish, and Dutch colonies in North America, and extensively re-written and updated chapters on families and women.
  • Features enhanced coverage of the English colony of Barbados and trans-Atlantic influences on colonial development.
  • Provides a greater focus on the perspectives of Native Americans and their influences in shaping the development of the colonies.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781405190046

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 April 2011

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Edition: 4th edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 38.0mm

Width: 166.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 1089g

Pages: 622

About the Author

Richard Middleton was for many years head of the AmericanStudies department at Queen s University, Belfast. He is theauthor of several books, including The Bells of Victory: ThePitt Newcastle Ministry and the Conduct of the Seven Years War(1985), and Pontiac s War: Its Causes, Course andConsequences, 1763-1765 (2007). Now retired, Middleton iscurrently working on a book about the American War ofIndependence. Anne Lombard is Associate Professor, California StateUniversity, San Marcos. She is the author of Making Manhood:Growing Up Male in Colonial New England (2003). Her currentresearch examines riots and other forms of collective violence bywhite men in British America during the eighteenth century.

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