At the Edge of Empire - The Backcountry in British North America

"An acutely written, meticulously researched, scholarly history which closely examines the manifold causes of conflict between Native Americans and Europeans, as well as the ordinary situations of daily life which were to significantly contribute to the American Revolution." -- Midwest Book Review

List of contents

Contents: Acknowledgments PROLOGUE Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Mission to the West ONE Mainland Encounters TWO Conflicts and Captives THREE New Horizons FOUR Clash of Empires FIVE Backcountry Revolution SIX Daniel Boone's America EPILOGUE At the Edge of Empire Notes Essay on Sources Index

About the author

Eric Hinderaker is an associate professor of history at the University of Utah and author of Elusive Empires: Constructing Colonialism in the Ohio Valley, 1673-1800.Peter C. Mancall is a professor of history at the University of Southern California and author of Deadly Medicine: Indians and Alcohol in Early America and Valley of Opportunity: Economic Culture along the Upper Susquehanna, 1700-1800.

Summary

The first book in a new Johns Hopkins series, Regional Perspectives on Early America, At the Edge of Empire explores one of British America's most intriguing regions, both widening and deepening our understanding of North America's colonial experience.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Hinderaker, Eric (University of Utah) Hinderaker, Eric (University of Utah) Mancall Hinderaker, Eric Mancall Hinderaker, Peter C Mancall, Peter C. Mancall, Peter C. (University of Southern California) Mancall
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.07.2003
• EAN: 9780801871375
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-7137-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Regional Perspectives on Early; Regional Perspectives on Early America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous