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  • American Revolutions

    A Continental History, 1750-1804

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  • The Civil War of 1812

    American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies

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    In the early nineteenth century, Britons and Americans renewed their struggle over the legacy of the American Revolution, leading to a second confrontation that redefined North America. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alan Taylor’s vivid narrative tells the riveting story of the soldiers, immigrants, settlers, and Indians who fought to determine the fate of a continent. Would revolutionary ... En savoir plus

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  • The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832

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    American Republics

    A Continental History of the United States 1783-1850

    par Alan Taylor ...
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    From a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, the powerful story of a fragile nation as it expands across a contested continent.In this beautifully written history of America’s formative period, a preeminent historian upends the traditional story of a young nation confidently marching to its continent-spanning destiny. The newly constituted United States actually emerged as a fragile, internally ... En savoir plus

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  • Glasgow

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  • American Colonies

    The Settling of North America (The Penguin History of the United States, Volume 1)

    Collections series The Penguin History of the United States
    A multicultural, multinational history of colonial America from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Internal Enemy and American RevolutionsIn the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States, edited by Eric Foner, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history by examining the many cultures that helped make America, from the native inhabitants from milennia past, ... En savoir plus

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  • Tower Hill

    A Plantation on the Edge of Rebellion

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    The Nat Turner rebellion of August 1831, the iconic uprising of enslaved people in the United States, was much more extensive than we have understood. This powerful exploration of a Tidewater Virginia plantation reveals how the daily resistance of the enslaved was heightened by spiritual beliefs to seek the divine overthrow of a wicked world.Tower Hill draws on a previously untapped family archive ... En savoir plus

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  • Thomas Jefferson's Education

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  • The Divided Ground

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  • Colonial America:A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

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  • American Republics

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