Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction

by Alan Taylor

Book Overview

In the traditional narrative of American colonial history, early European settlements, as well as native peoples and African slaves, were treated in passing as unfortunate aberrations in a fundamentally upbeat story of Englishmen becoming freer and more prosperous by colonizing an abundant continent of "free land."

Over the last generation, historians have broadened our understanding of colonial America by adopting both a trans-Atlantic and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199766231
• ISBN13: 9780199766239
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 6.8"