Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-441) and index.
Contents
The promised land. Dreams of liberation -- The lost colony -- Idle Indian and lazy Englishman -- The Jamestown fiasco -- The persistent vision -- Boom -- A new deal. Settling down -- Living with death -- The trouble with tobacco -- A golden fleecing -- The volatile society. The losers -- Discontent -- Rebellion -- Status quo -- Slavery and freedom. Toward slavery -- Toward racism -- Toward populism -- Toward the republic.
