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Our Savage Neighbors: How Indian War Transformed Early America

Peter Silver

Surveys the history of the mid-Atlantic colonies of eighteenth-century America, and argues that the Seven Years' War of the 1750s was responsible for uniting the diverse group of European immigrants into a cohesive country.

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: War & Military -> War & MilitaryTopic Classifier: War & Military Strategy -> War & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy

Award History

2 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Bancroft PrizeMajor2008WinnerOfficial source
Mark Lynton History Prize2008WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The book argues that the Seven Years' War of the 1750s was responsible for uniting diverse European immigrants in the mid-Atlantic colonies into a cohesive country.

    Model confidence 74%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    40 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 56%.