Contested continent : the struggle for North America, c. 1000-1680 / Peter C Mancall.

Author/creator Mancall, Peter C. author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Oxford University Press, 2026.
Descriptionxxiv, 727 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesOxford History of the United States
Oxford history of the United States (Unnumbered)
Contents Prologue -- Preface -- Part I: Discoveries -- Chapter 1: 1450 -- Chapter 2: "People without number" -- Chapter 3: "Canada" -- Chapter 4: The Lost Colony of Chicora -- Chapter 5: Entradas -- Chapter 6: The Destruction of the Indies -- Chapter 7: Florida -- Chapter 8: Elizabethans and Americans -- Chapter 9: The Algonquian Moment -- Chapter 10: After Roanoke -- Chapter 11: Acoma and Santa Fe -- Chapter 12: Promise and Peril Along the St. Lawrence -- Chapter 13: The Coldest Years -- Part II: Colonies -- Chapter 14: Rescues -- Chapter 15: Gathering Storms -- Chapter 16: The Battle for Tsenacommacah -- Chapter 17: Pilgrims -- Chapter 18: The Arc of European Opportunity -- Part III: Fractures -- Chapter 19: "From East to West" -- Chapter 20: Uncivil Wars -- Chapter 21: Enslavement -- Chapter 22: An Empire for Extraction -- Chapter 23: A New England -- Chapter 24: From the Headwaters -- Chapter 25: Rebellions -- Chapter 26: Legacies -- Epilogue.
Abstract The newest volume in the acclaimed Oxford History of the United States series, Contested Continent recounts the origins of "America" and how it came to birth the United States. The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. In the newest volume in the series, Peter C. Mancall recounts how North America was forged from the experiences of millions of Indigenous women and men as well as Europeans and Africans. This is a sweeping history of developments crucial to the eventual founding of the United States. Contested Continent underscores the titanic struggles between the peoples who had populated the Americas for centuries and the migrants from the Old World who initiated changes that created a New World that offered boundless opportunities for some and crushed the aspirations of others.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9780195372786 (hardcover)
ISBN0195372786 (hardcover)

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