{"product_id":"at-the-edge-of-empire-eric-hinderaker-9780801871375","title":"At the Edge of Empire: The Backcountry in British North America","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the course of the seventeenth century, Europeans and Native Americans came together on the western edge of England's North American empire for a variety of purposes, from trading goods and information to making alliances and war. This blurred and constantly shifting frontier region, known as the backcountry, existed just beyond England's imperial reach on the North American mainland. It became an area of opportunity, intrigue, and conflict for the diverse peoples who lived there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAt the Edge of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, Eric Hinderaker and Peter C. Mancall describe the nature of the complex interactions among these interests, examining colorful and sometimes gripping instances of familiarity and uneasiness, acceptance and animosity, and cooperation and conflict, from individual encounters to such vast undertakings as the Seven Years' War. Over time, the European settlers who established farms and trading posts in the backcountry displaced the region's Native inhabitants. Warfare and disease each took a horrifying toll across Indian country, making it easier for immigrants to establish themselves on lands once peopled only by Native Americans. Eventually, these pioneers established economically, culturally, and politically self-sufficient communities that increasingly resented London's claims of sovereignty. As Hinderaker and Mancall show, these resentments helped to shape the ideals that guided the colonists during the American Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book in a new Johns Hopkins series, Regional Perspectives on Early America, \u003ci\u003eAt the Edge of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e explores one of British America's most intriguing regions, both widening and deepening our understanding of North America's colonial experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Hinderaker, Peter C. Mancall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801871379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801871375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.66w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 974","brand":"Eric Hinderaker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46199056040191,"sku":"9780801871375","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a8986d7-c9f2-407d-beb7-e31b4f5e9902.jpg?v=1727924902","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/at-the-edge-of-empire-eric-hinderaker-9780801871375","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}