Description |
xiii, 562 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
Series |
Blackwell companions to American history |
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Blackwell companions to American history.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Pre-contact: the evidence from archaeology / David G. Anderson, Marvin T. Smith -- The origins of transatlantic colonization / Carole Shammas -- Ecology / John Brooke -- Migration and settlement / Ned Landsman -- Empire / Richard R. Johnson -- Indian history during the English colonial era / James H. Merrell -- African Americans / Philip D. Morgan -- Economy / Margaret Newell -- Women and gender / Carol Karlsen -- Children and parents / Holly Brewer -- Class / Greg Nobles -- Colonial politics / Alan Tully -- Regionalism / Michael Zuckerman -- Consumption / Cary Carson -- Religion / Marilyn Westerkamp -- Secular culture in search of an early American Enlightenment / Darren Staloff -- Borderlands / Daniel H. Usner, Jr. -- Comparisons: the Caribbean / Verene Shepherd, Carleen Payne -- Comparisons: New Spain / Robert Ferry -- Comparisons: New France / Allan Greer -- Comparisons: Atlantic Canada / Peter Pope -- Causes of the American revolutions / Sylvia Frey -- Postscript: Large questions in a very large place / Edward Countryman. |
Subject |
United States -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
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United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865.
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Added Author |
Vickers, Daniel, 1952-
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ISBN |
9781405149853 paperback |
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140514985X paperback |
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