Historical Dictionary of Colonial America

by William Pencak and William A. Pencak professor of history and Jewish studies at Penn State University

The years between 1450 and 1550 marked the end of one era in world history and the beginning of another. Most importantly, the focus of global commerce and power shifted from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, largely because of the discovery of the New World. The New World was more than a geographic novelty. It opened the way for new human possibilities, possibilities that were first fulfilled by the British colonies of North America, nearly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810855879
• ISBN13: 9780810855878
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"