South Carolina Historical Magazine, July 1st, 2004
American Colonies. By Alan Taylor. (New York: Penguin Books, 2001. Pp. xvii, 526; $16.00, paper). Oh no, not another colonial history textbook might be the response on learning of American Colonies. The natural question is, what sets off this one from others in the field? Taylor's work is the opening entry in Penguin's new History of the United States Series, a series that is trying to distinguish itself from other history textbooks. Alan Taylor, who teaches at the University of California, Davis, places his work into what is coming to be called the "borderlands approach" to American history...
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