Americans
A Collision of Histories
Published on 31. December 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
305 pages
978-1-86064-155-8 (ISBN)
Description
This text shows how American identity has been forged from the diverse ethnic elements - African, Indian, European and others - of its founding peoples. The narrative leads from the early settlements to the Centennial celebrations of 1876; from the first struggles between native tribes and French traders and English settlers to the "opening of the West"; from the enslaved Africans' arrival in chains to the battle for their freedom in the aftermath of the Civil War.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
maps
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86064-155-8 (9781860641558)
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Content
Part 1 Slavery and freedom, loss and gain: a collision of histories; Braudel's American mosaic; colonial revolts, American revolution; the revolution and the republic. Part 2 What, then, were these Americans?: mountains, valleys, and plains; capital cities; "with iron interlaced"; citizens, subjects, and slaves - the republican mosaic. Part 3 A house burst asunder: the crisis of triumphant democracy; "engaged in a great civil war"; in one, many. Coda: the vexed, unanswered question.