Evolution and revolution : American society, 1600-1820 /

Using an interdisciplinary approach, "Evolution and Revolution" incorporates the impressive results of the historical scholarship of the past decade. It offers a new synthesis of early American history. The authors have emphasized the human dimension of history, conveying the experience of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Henretta, James A
Other Authors: Nobles, Gregory H
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Mass. : D.C. Heath, c1987
Lexington, Mass. : ©1987
Lexington, Mass. : c1987
Subjects:
USA
Table of Contents:
  • The collision of English and native American cultures
  • Internal conflict and imperial control, 1650-1700
  • The American colonies in the Atlantic economy
  • The social synthesis: patriarchy, property, and power in eighteenth century America
  • The crisis of American Colonial Society, 1740-1765
  • The coming of the revolution
  • Military mobiliaztion and Revolutionary War
  • The parameters of Revolutionary change
  • The creation of a new political and legal order
  • The dynamics of economic and social change, 1790-1820