American Passage
Author | : Katherine Grandjean |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2015-01-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674289918 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674289919 |
Rating | : 4/5 (919 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis American Passage by : Katherine Grandjean
Download or read book American Passage written by Katherine Grandjean and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-05 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katherine Grandjean shows that the English conquest of New England was not just a matter of consuming territory, of transforming woods into farms. It entailed a struggle to control the flow of information—who could travel where, what news could be sent, over which routes winding through the woods along the early American communications frontier.