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Peter Charles Hoffer. The Brave New World: A History of Early America.(Book review)

Peter Charles Hoffer. The Brave New World: A History of Early America. 2nd edition. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. Pp. 554. Paper, $35.00; ISBN 0-8018-8483-7.

Instructors of courses in colonial America should consider this thorough textbook. By developing a unifying theme for understanding early America, Peter Hoffer keeps the text focused. While living standards and freedom improved for many, he argues, others labored as subordinates. But the story, as the author emphasizes, is more complex, as even oppressed people had human agency. Hoffer does a remarkable job developing this theme throughout the book. In particular, his discussion of relations ...

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