The forming of a nation, 1607-1781.
Series: Random House readings in American history,; v. 1
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1970
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The colonial era: From organization to society, Virginia in the seventeenth century, by S. Diamond. The role of the lower houses of assembly in eighteenth-century politics, by J. P. Greene. A summary view of the eastern seaboard in 1750, by H. R. Merrens. The role of Williamsburg in the Virginia economy, 1750-1775, by J. H. Soltow. Congregation, state, and denomination; the forming of the American religious structure, by T. L. Smith. Historical demography and colonial America, a review article, by P. J. Greven, Jr. Modern tensions and the origins of American slavery, by W. D. Jordan. The distribution of wealth in eighteenth-century America; a century of change in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1693-1802, by J. T. Lemon and G. B. Nash.; title: The American Revolution: Rhetoric and reality in the American Revolution, by G. S. Wood. Democracy and the American Revolution, by M. Jensen.