Gerald Horne’s The Counter-Revolution of 1776 goes into a lot of fascinating detail about the colonial history of the U.S., particularly on the points of how settlers were attracted to the colonies, how the concept of whiteness was created to unite disparate European groups against natives and enslaved Africans, and how the settler-driven desire for more land created friction between the colonies and the metropole. Highly recommend.
Gerald Horne’s The Counter-Revolution of 1776 goes into a lot of fascinating detail about the colonial history of the U.S., particularly on the points of how settlers were attracted to the colonies, how the concept of whiteness was created to unite disparate European groups against natives and enslaved Africans, and how the settler-driven desire for more land created friction between the colonies and the metropole. Highly recommend.
Thanks very much, I’ll give it a read.