{"product_id":"creatures-of-empire-how-domestic-animals-transformed-early-america-paperback","title":"Creatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVirginia DeJohn Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen we think of the key figures of early American history, we think of explorers, or pilgrims, or Native Americans--not cattle, or goats, or swine. But as Virginia DeJohn Anderson reveals in this brilliantly original account of colonists in New England and the Chesapeake region, livestock\u003cbr\u003eplayed a vitally important role in the settling of the New World. \u003cbr\u003e Livestock, Anderson writes, were a central factor in the cultural clash between colonists and Indians as well as a driving force in the expansion west. By bringing livestock across the Atlantic, colonists believed that they provided the means to realize America's potential. It was thought\u003cbr\u003ethat if the Native Americans learned to keep livestock as well, they would be that much closer to assimilating the colonists' culture, especially their Christian faith. But colonists failed to anticipate the problems that would arise as Indians began encountering free-ranging livestock at almost\u003cbr\u003eevery turn, often trespassing in their cornfields. Moreover, when growing populations and an expansive style of husbandry required far more space than they had expected, colonists could see no alternative but to appropriate Indian land. This created tensions that reached the boiling point with King\u003cbr\u003ePhilip's War and Bacon's Rebellion. And it established a pattern that would repeat time and again over the next two centuries.\u003cbr\u003e A stunning account that presents our history in a truly new light, \u003cem\u003eCreatures of Empire\u003c\/em\u003e restores a vital element of our past, illuminating one of the great forces of colonization and the expansion westward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVirginia DeJohn Anderson\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of History at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eNew England's Generation\u003c\/em\u003e and co-author (with David Goldfield, et al.) of \u003cem\u003eThe American Journey: A History of the United States.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9.22 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 19, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256487174246,"sku":"9780195304466","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/RXMzWGFlUnNrK2lGNVErb05tb1U1UT09.webp?v=1773723029","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/creatures-of-empire-how-domestic-animals-transformed-early-america-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}