TY - JOUR
AU - Main, Jackson T.
AB - United States DAVID HOROwITZ. The First Frontier. The Indian Wars fore the wars of the 1790s. Factually, the heart of and America's Origins, 1607-1776. New York: Simon the argument rests upon limited trade statistics dur- and Schuster. 1978. Pp. 251. $9.95. ing 1768-72 and 1791-92, which Walton and Shep- herd have used in earlier publications. The authors The author of this slim, fast-paced volume believes insist that the colonists' wealth and standard of liv- that Americans have repressed the memory of their ing grew, especially in the seventeenth century, due origins, which were above all else steeped in conflict primarily to the commercial sector. They allo em- with native occupiers of the land. To correct this phasize increasing inequality as a result of com- historical amnesia, David Horowitz has written a mercialization. breezy account of the first 150 years of American A good editor would have improved the writing history, beginning with the Pilgrim arrival at style and eliminated some errors. Among others, Plymouth and culminating with independence. Irene "Niu" spells her name "Neu" (p. x), and it is The book is largely narrative history. It details, usu- "Bruchey" not "Bruckey" (p. 95). North America ally with factual accuracy, 
TI - Gary M. Walton and James F. Shepherd. The Economic Rise of Early America. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1979. Pp. x, 226. Cloth $19.95, paper $4.95
JF - The American Historical Review
DO - 10.1086/ahr/85.2.457-a
DA - 1980-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/gary-m-walton-and-james-f-shepherd-the-economic-rise-of-early-america-2ZdZ76ON9G
SP - 457
EP - 457
VL - 85
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
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