Author: | Katherine Grandjean | ISBN: | 9780674745407 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | January 5, 2015 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Katherine Grandjean |
ISBN: | 9780674745407 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
Publication: | January 5, 2015 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
Language: | English |
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.
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.