Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1982. Second Edition [stated]. Later printing. Trade paperback. xviii, 330, [4] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. Bibliographical Essay. Index. This second edition deals with three major cultures - European, Native American and African-and their adaptations and cultural interactions throughout Colonial times. Gary Baring Nash (July 27, 1933 – July 29, 2021) was an American historian. He concentrated on the Revolutionary period, slavery and race, as well as the formation of political communities in Philadelphia and other cities. After serving as Assistant to the Dean of the Graduate School (1959–62) and completing his doctoral degree, he joined the faculty of Princeton. He moved to the University of California, Los Angeles where he rose to become a full professor from 1972 to 1994. He was Dean of the Council for Educational Development from 1980 to 1984 and Dean of Undergraduate and Intercollege Curricular Development at UCLA from 1984 to 1991. Nash co-directed the development of the National History Standards in U.S. and World History from 1992–94, when they were published by the National Center for History in the Schools, where he served as Associate Director from 1988–94. He became the Director of NCHS in 1994 and oversaw the revision of the National History Standards published in 1996. Nash served as president of the Organization of American Historians in 1994–95 and was on the OAH Executive Board from 1988 to 1991, and 1992 to 1998. He was an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Antiquarian Society, the American Philosophical Society, and the Society of American Historians. More