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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Death or victory Death or victory Dan Snow An epic history of the battle of Quebec, the death of Wolfe and the beginnings of Britain's empire in North America. OL16568214W
The forty years that created America The forty years that created America Edward M. Lamont In this book, author Ted Lamont asks us to reconsider our country's formative years, and explore the stories, lives, achievements, and failures of America'ss earliest founding fathers: those who pave… OL19992376W
The long fuse The long fuse Don Cook "We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the time and the manner of yielding what it is impossible to keep," declared Queen Elizabeth II at the American Independence… OL3521437W
The privileges of independence The privileges of independence John E. Crowley Because the establishment of the United States required independence from a commercial empire, historians have often identified the American Revolution with liberal political economy and a repudiatio… OL3904058W
Subject matter Subject matter Joyce E. Chaplin "With this reinterpretation of early cultural encounters between the English and American natives, Joyce E. Chaplin thoroughly alters our historical view of the origins of English presumptions of rac… OL4293958W
Religion in the British Atlantic, 1500-1800 Religion in the British Atlantic, 1500-1800 Carla Gardina Pestana Beginning with the role religion played in the lives of believers in West Africa, eastern North America, and western Europe in about 1500, author Carla Gardina Pestana shows how the Protestant Reform… OL4461084W
Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the making of the Anglo-Dutch Americas, 1585-1660 Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the making of the Anglo-Dutch Americas, 1585-1660 Linda Marinda Heywood,John K. Thornton 331 readable pages of well organized, very well researched African History describing the complicated relationships amongst Angolan Kings, Queens and Lords; Congolese Christian Kings; Catholic Jesuit… OL7796311W
A brave vessel A brave vessel Hobson Woodward A gripping tale of shipwreck and survival that changed the fate of the colonies and enriched our literary legacyIn 1609, aspiring writer William Strachey set sail aboard the Sea Venture, bound for th… OL9548511W