Bodies Politic: Negotiating Race in the American North, 173-183

by John Wood Sweet

Book Overview

In this sweeping analysis of colonialism and its legacies, John Wood Sweet explores how the ongoing interaction of conquered Indians, English settlers, and enslaved Africans in New England produced a closely interwoven, though radically divided, society. The coming together of these diverse peoples profoundly shaped the character of colonial New England, the meanings of the Revolution in the North, and the making of American democracy writ large...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812219783
• ISBN13: 9780812219784
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 8.9"