The American Colonies From Settlement To Independence (Norton Paperback) - Softcover

Richard, Simmons C

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393009998 ISBN 13: 9780393009996

Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1981

Synopsis

In the following pages, Simmons combines a narrative introduction to early American history with the findings of recent scholarship. As general synthesis is bound to reflect recent scholarship as well as the interests of the author, some of the areas of early American life which seemed to Simmons of particular importance but which are only now being systematically treated are only briefly mentioned. Early American law and legal institutions; crime and punishment; treatment of the poor; and aspects of family life, of wealth distribution, and of social structure may be referred to. Simmons notes that this book was begun and written without any bicentennial expectations, and that it is published in 1976 as the result of chance, not of design.

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From the Back Cover

In the following pages, I have tried to combine a narrative introduction to early American history with the findings of recent scholarship. My debts to the writings of others are therefore many, as my bibliography acknowledges. This testifies to the variety and vitality of American scholarship concerned with the colonial period.

Edition details

• Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393009998
• ISBN 13: 9780393009996
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 452