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The shaping of North America : from earliest times to 1763

by Isaac Asimov

This historical study analyses the development of North America by examining the impact of European interests and rivalries on the continent's trajectory.

Accession 9397 ISBN 0395154936 Publisher Houghton Mifflin
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