Acadia, Maine, and New Scotland: Marginal Colonies in the Seventeenth Century

by John G. Reid

Book Overview

Acadia, Maine, and New Scotland were similarly conceived as major colonizing attempts by France, England, and Scotland, respectively.

In this comparative study, Professor Reid explores the colonizing styles of the parent countries and describes the interaction of the Europeans with the native peoples and with the physical environment of the northeastern seaboard.
Colonial development is traced from the earliest attempts throught the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487572557
• ISBN13: 9781487572556
• Release Date: December 1981
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"