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Creatures of Empire
Virginia Dejohn Anderson
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Description for Creatures of Empire
Paperback. Paperback edition of an original and groundbreaking work of colonial American history. Anderson argues that pigs, cows and other animals were critical agents of imperialism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JFFZ; WNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
When we think of the key figures of early American history, we think of explorers, or pilgrims, or Native Americans--not cattle, or goats, or swine. But as Virginia DeJohn Anderson reveals in this brilliantly original account of colonists in New England and the Chesapeake region, livestock played a vitally important role in the settling of the New World. Livestock, Anderson writes, were a central factor in the cultural clash between colonists and Indians as well as a driving force in the expansion west. By bringing livestock across the Atlantic, colonists believed that they provided the means to realize ... Read more
When we think of the key figures of early American history, we think of explorers, or pilgrims, or Native Americans--not cattle, or goats, or swine. But as Virginia DeJohn Anderson reveals in this brilliantly original account of colonists in New England and the Chesapeake region, livestock played a vitally important role in the settling of the New World. Livestock, Anderson writes, were a central factor in the cultural clash between colonists and Indians as well as a driving force in the expansion west. By bringing livestock across the Atlantic, colonists believed that they provided the means to realize ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195304466
SKU
V9780195304466
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-37
About Virginia Dejohn Anderson
Virginia DeJohn Anderson is Associate Professor of History at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is the author of New England's Generation and co-author (with David Goldfield, et al.) of The American Journey: A History of the United States.
Reviews for Creatures of Empire
Anderson is highly successful in presenting the transformation of Early America from both the native and English sides ... she has produced a rare instance of a book that can make us look again at aspects of the historical landscape which have long been taken for granted.
Francis Bremer, Times Literary Supplement
Francis Bremer, Times Literary Supplement