His encompassing narrative delves into a range of topics, including the lifestyle of native peoples, the greed of English trade company investors and the hopes and dreams of people seeking religious tolerance while at the same time attempting to evangelize those with different beliefs. A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian from Harvard, Bailyn seems to leave no stone unturned in his exploration of America in the 1600s. The Barbarous Years is about change, rapid and dramatic change with longstanding cultural and social implications. If we are lucky, we will have our times analyzed by an historian with the intellectual and literary skills of Bernard Bailyn, who in his new book, The Barbarous Years, provides a highly detailed and meticulously researched account of the first great stage of England’s dominion over North America.
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