Before the Revolution : America's ancient pasts

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Auteur principal : Richter Daniel K (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Before the Revolution : America's ancient pasts / Daniel K. Richter
Publié : Cambridge ( Mass.), London : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press , 2011
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-502 p.- [28] p. de pl.)
Contenu : Prologue : layered pasts. Progenitors. Legacies of power from medieval North America. Legacies of conquest from medieval Europe. Conquistadores. Crusades of the Christ-bearers to the Americas. Crusades of the protestants to new worlds. Traders. Native Americans and the power of trade. Epidemics, war, and the remapping of a continent. Planters. Searching for order in new and old England. Planting patriarchy in New England and Virginia. Dutch, French, Spanish, and English counterpoints. Imperialists. Monarchical power reborn. Planters besieged. Revolution, war, and a new transatlantic order. Atlanteans. Producing and consuming in an Atlantic empire. People in motion, enslaved and free. Contending for a continent. Gloomy and dark days. Epilogue : present pasts
Contient : Prologue : layered pasts
Progenitors
Legacies of power from medieval North America
Legacies of conquest from medieval Europe
Conquistadores
Crusades of the Christ-bearers to the Americas
Crusades of the protestants to new worlds
Traders
Native Americans and the power of trade
Epidemics, war, and the remapping of a continent
Planters
Searching for order in new and old England
Planting patriarchy in New England and Virginia
Dutch, French, Spanish, and English counterpoints
Imperialists
Monarchical power reborn
Planters besieged
Revolution, war, and a new transatlantic order
Atlanteans
Producing and consuming in an Atlantic empire
People in motion, enslaved and free
Contending for a continent
Gloomy and dark days
Epilogue : present pasts
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