Settlement and Unsettlement in Early America

by Kenneth A. Lockridge

Book Overview

In this synthesis of recent work on early America, Kenneth Lockridge portrays a society divided against itself and unable to arrive at a generally acceptable basis for political order. The special circumstances of American life eroded the foundations of social and political stability, and continued to do so until long after the Revolution. The original stream of emigration deposited in the New World a great many people unwilling to accept any person,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052152234X
• ISBN13: 9780521522342
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"