| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 638 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
LC copy signed by the author. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
American archetypes : what some great novels tell us about ourselves -- Saint George and the dragon : the original spirits of English expansion -- Planters, patroons, and puritans : the Chesapeake, New Netherlands, and New England, 1607-1660 -- Barbadians, Yorkers, and Quakers : the Carolinas, Middle Colonies, and New England, 1660-1689 -- Papists, witches, scofflaws, and preachers : colonists at war, business, and prayer, 1689-1740 -- Germans, four sorts of Britons, and Africans : peoples and cultures of the thirteen colonies to 1750 -- Soldiers, speculators, and savages : the French and Indian Wars turn Britain into the enemy, 1740-1763 -- Sons of Liberty and "two-bottle" tyrants : why independence became an imperative, 1763-1775 -- Patriots, Tories, slackers, and spys : the not-so-United States, hustling to be born, 1776-1783 -- Federalists, antis, vestals, and victims : the brilliant coups that begat the Constitution, 1783-1790 -- Master builders, party men, and a rogue : freemasonry, republicanism, and America's future, 1791-1800 -- Reluctant nationalists, eager imperialists : having fashioned a state, Americans turn into a nation, 1801-1815 -- Engineers, pioneers, peddlers, and Democrats : the rise of the West, 1816-1828 -- Travelers : apotheosis and apocalypse in American culture, c. 1830. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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United States -- History -- 1783-1865.
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| ISBN |
0060197897 (acid-free paper) |
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