Seasons of misery : catastrophe and colonial settlement in Early America

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The stories we tell of American beginnings typically emphasize colonial triumph in the face of adversity. But the early years of English settlement in America were characterized by catastrophe: starvation, disease, extreme violence, ruinous ignorance, and serial abandonment. This book offers a reexa...

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Main Author: Donegan, Kathleen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Early American studies.
Subjects:
Frontier and pioneer life > United States > Sources.
Frontier and pioneer life > United States > Historiography.
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Historiography.
United States > Social conditions > To 1865 > History > Sources.
United States > Social conditions > To 1865 > Historiography.
United States > Colonization > History > Sources.
United States > Colonization > Historiography.
Barbados > Colonization > History > Sources.
Barbados > Colonization > Historiography.
Great Britain > Colonies > America > History > Sources.
Great Britain > Colonies > America > Historiography.
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