American colonies
By: Alan Taylor ; [map illustrations by Jeffrey Ward].
Series: The Penguin history of the United States
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 526
Subjects: United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Description: "In American Colonies, historian Alan Taylor challenges the traditional Anglocentric focus of colonial history by exploring the many cultural influences that gave birth to America. The result is a superlative history of the prerevolutionary era in North America that is unprecedented in its scope and sure to become a landmark."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-514) and index.