Contested Continent: The Struggle for North America, c. 1000-1680
by Peter C. Mancall
Oxford History of the United States (1)
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The newest volume in the acclaimed Oxford History of the United States series, Contested Continent is the first major narrative history of North America from c. 1000 to 1680, recounting the epic story of how North America was forged from the experiences of millions of Indigenous women and men as well as those of European and African origin who crossed the Atlantic Ocean.Tags
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Peter C. Mancall is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Professor of History and Anthropology, and the Linda and Harlan Martens Director of the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute at the University of Southern California. He is the author of five books, including Fatal journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson-A Tale of show more Mutiny and Murder in the Arctic; Hakluyt's Promise: An Elizabethan's Obsession for an English America; and Deadly Medicine: Indians and Alcohol In Early America; and the editor of ten books, including The Atlantic World and Virginia 1550-1624 and Travel Narratives from the Age of Discovery. show less
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- Contested Continent: The Struggle for North America, c. 1000-1680
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- What is an American?
- Hector St. John de Crevecieur, Letters from an American Farmer (1782) - Dedication
- For Lisa
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- Gordon-Reed, Annette; Taylor, Alan; Calloway, Colin G.; Wulf, Karin
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