BRITISH ATLANTIC, AMERICAN FRONTIER by Stephen J. Hornsby ( 9781584654261 )

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Title:

BRITISH ATLANTIC, AMERICAN FRONTIER
SPACES OF POWER IN EARLY MODERN BRITISH AMERICA

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

1584654260

ISBN 13:

9781584654261

Publisher:

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF NEW ENGLAND

Pub. date:

3 December, 2004

Pages:

384

Description:

Offers a geographical perspective on the development of British America in the 17th and 18th centuries. It covers the American eastern seaboard, eastern Canada and the West Indies, as well as the trans-Atlantic links to Western Europe and West Africa.

Synopsis:

Reflecting the growing scholarly interest in transnational and comparative approaches to studying the past, British Atlantic, American Frontier offers a geographical perspective on the development of British America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It covers in detail not only the American eastern seaboard, but also eastern Canada and the West Indies, as well as the trans-Atlantic links to Western Europe and West Africa. At one level, the book synthesizes much of the current historical and geographical scholarship on these regions; at another level, it offers a provocative interpretation of British America, arguing that profound and long-standing differences existed between the American eastern seaboard and the Atlantic regions of eastern Canada and the West Indies. These differences ultimately led to the break-up of British America, the creation of the United States, and the reconfiguration of the British Empire. British Atlantic, American Frontier is illustrated with more than one hundred photographs, maps, and historical illustrations.

Illustrations:

illustrations, 100 photographs, maps

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Imprint:

University Press of New England

Returns:

Returnable

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