{"product_id":"american-colonies-the-settling-of-north-america-the-penguin-history-of-the-united-states-volume-1-paperback","title":"American Colonies: The Settling of North America (the Penguin History of the United States, Volume 1) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEric Foner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA multicultural, multinational history of colonial America from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Internal Enemy \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAmerican Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States, edited by Eric Foner, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history by examining the many cultures that helped make America, from the native inhabitants from milennia past, through the decades of Western colonization and conquest, and across the entire continent, all the way to the Pacific coast. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranscending the usual Anglocentric version of our colonial past, he recovers the importance of Native American tribes, African slaves, and the rival empires of France, Spain, the Netherlands, and even Russia in the colonization of North America. Moving beyond the Atlantic seaboard to examine the entire continent, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Colonies\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a pivotal period in the global interaction of peoples, cultures, plants, animals, and microbes. In a vivid narrative, Taylor draws upon cutting-edge scholarship to create a timely picture of the colonial world characterized by an interplay of freedom and slavery, opportunity and loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Formidable . . . provokes us to contemplate the ways in which residents of North America have dealt with diversity.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Taylor's books include \u003ci\u003eWilliam Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for history and the Bancroft Prize in American History; \u003ci\u003eThe Internal Enemy, \u003c\/i\u003ealso awarded the Pultizer Prize;\u003ci\u003e The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e. Taylor holds the Thomas Jefferson Chair in American History at the University of Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53059141501261,"sku":"9780142002100","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/OWV1RFlMaVRIcmFZK0d6VzBneHdXdz09.webp?v=1766530527","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/american-colonies-the-settling-of-north-america-the-penguin-history-of-the-united-states-volume-1-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}