Crossroads of Empire The Middle Colonies in British North America

Name: Crossroads of Empire The Middle Colonies in British North America
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ISBN: 9780801897689

ISBN-10: 0801897688

ISBN-13: 9780801897689

Edition: 2011

Authors: Ned C. Landsman

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This work examines the Middle Colonies -- New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania -- as a region at the center of imperial contests among competing European powers and Native American nations and at the fulcrum of an emerging British-Atlantic world of culture and trade.Ned C. Landsman traces the history of the Middle Colonies to address questions essential to understanding their role in the colonial era. He probes the concept of regionality and argues that while each territory possessed varying social, religious, and political cultures, the collective lands of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania came to function as a region because of their particular history and their distinct place in…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 1/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue Region and History



The Origins of the Middle Colonies



The Duke's Dominions



Penn's Proprietary



The Commercial Crossroads of the British Atlantic



The Crossroads of Cultures: Diversity, Toleration, and Pluralism



The Crossroads of Philosophy and Faith



Politics at the Crossroads: Liberty and Faction, Empire and War


Epilogue: Empire and Revolution


Notes


Essay on Sources


Index