Planting an Empire: The Early Chesapeake in British North America
(Part of the Regional Perspectives on Early America Series)
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Planting an Empire explores the social and economic history of the Chesapeake region, revealing a story of two similar but distinct colonies in early America. Linked by the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia and Maryland formed a prosperous and politically important region in British North America before the American Revolution. Yet these "sister" colonies--alike in climate and soil, emphasis on tobacco farming, and use of enslaved labor--eventually...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1421405555
ISBN13:9781421405551
Release Date:July 2012
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.5"
Age Range:18 to 22 years
Grade Range:Postsecondary
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