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Author Van Dusen, Albert E. (Albert Edward), 1916-1999.

Title Connecticut.

Imprint New York, Random House [1961]

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Description x, 470 pages illustrations, portraits, maps, facsimiles 29 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-461) and index.
Contents Backgrounds in England and Massachusetts Bay -- Settlement of the Connecticut River valley -- Founding of New Haven and developments of the 1640s in the Connecticut area -- From the code of 1650 to the charter of 1662 and absorption of New Haven -- King Philip's War and Andros' challenge to the charter -- Boundary disputes and intercolonial wars, 1690-1764 -- Social, economic, and religious patterns in the eighteenth century -- The background of the Revolution -- Connecticut fights for independence, 1775-83 -- Federalism reigns and is toppled -- Migrating Yankees -- Under the new Constitution, 1818-50 -- The Civil War era, 1850-65 -- Political, social, and economic developments, 1865-1914 -- Connecticut during World War I -- Life in the "Golden Twenties" -- The Depression decade and Connecticut's "New Deal" -- Trade, transportation, and industry -- Religion and education in modern Connecticut -- Connecticut, an "arsenal of democracy," 1939-45 -- A brief survey of postwar Connecticut.
Summary History of the development and growth of the state and of is role in the development of the nation as a whole.
Subject Connecticut -- History.
Connecticut. (OCoLC)fst01205688
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Van Dusen, Albert E. (Albert Edward), 1916-1999. Connecticut. New York, Random House [1961] (OCoLC)576704956
Online version: Van Dusen, Albert E. (Albert Edward), 1916-1999. Connecticut. New York, Random House [1961] (OCoLC)609239290
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