This text shows how American identity has been forged from the diverse ethnic elements - African, Indian, European and others - of its founding peoples. The narrative leads from the early settlements to the Centennial celebrations of 1876; from the first struggles between native tribes and French traders and English settlers to the "opening of the West"; from the enslaved Africans' arrival in chains to the battle for their freedom in the aftermath of the Civil War.
- ISBN10 1860641555
- ISBN13 9781860641558
- Publish Date 31 December 1997
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint I.B. Tauris
- Format Paperback
- Pages 305
- Language English