Ebook {Epub PDF} Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction by Alan Taylor

 · Over the last generation, historians have broadened our understanding of colonial America by adopting both a trans-Atlantic and a trans-continental perspective, examining the Author: Alan Taylor. 7 rows ·  · Very Short Introduction, Alan Taylor presents an engaging overview of the best of this new Brand: Oxford University Press. In the book Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction, author Alan Taylor tells the story of how the American continents were transformed by the European newcomers, African slaves, and their interactions with the native peoples. Colo‐ nial America looks at many different aspects of colonial life, including culture, economics, and warfare, among others.

Colonial America Book Summary/Review: In this Very Short Introduction, Alan Taylor presents the current scholarly understanding of colonial America to a broader audience. He focuses on the transatlantic and a transcontinental perspective, examining the interplay of Europe, Africa, and the Americas through the flows of goods, people, plants. In this Very Short Introduction, Alan Taylor presents an engaging overview of the best of this new scholarship. He shows that American colonization derived from a global expansion of European exploration and commerce that began in the fifteenth century. interplay of Europe, Africa, and the Americas through the flow of goods, people, plants, animals, capital, and ideas. In this Very Short Introduction, Alan Taylor presents an engaging overview of the best of this new scholarship. He shows that American colonization derived from a global expansion of European exploration and commerce that began.

In this. Very Short Introduction, Alan Taylor presents an engaging overview of the best of this new scholarship. He shows that American colonization derived from a global expansion of European exploration and commerce that began in the fifteenth century. The English had to share the stage with the French. Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction, by Alan Taylor, reminds me of Charles McLean Andrews, the great historian of the American past. Easy to read, this book takes the reader on a journey through the past. Prof. Taylor, accompanies us through a long period of American history: from pre-Columbian America to the end of the Seven Year's War. Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction presents the current scholarly understanding of the subject. During the past generation, historians have broadened that understanding by adopting both a trans-Atlantic and a trans-continental perspective, examining the interplay of Europe, Africa, and the Americas through the flows of goods, people, plants, animals, capital, and ideas.