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American Colonies: The Settling of North America (The Penguin History of the United States, Volume1) (Hist of the USA) (edit title)

Alan Taylor (Author) (edit contributors)

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With this volume, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history by examining the many cultures that helped make America. Transcending the usual Anglocentric version of our colonial past, he recovers the importance of Native American tribes, African slaves, and the rival... read more

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TO WRITE A HISTORY of colonial America used to be easier, because the human cast and the geographic stage were both considered so much smaller.

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