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Converging worlds : communities and cultures in colonial America / edited by Louise A. Breen.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians--First contact with other peoples.
- Indians--First contact with Europeans--Sources.
- Europeans--America--History.
- Europeans--America--History--Sources.
- America--Colonization--History.
- America--Colonization--History--Sources.
- Europe--Colonies--America.
- Europe--Colonies--America--Sources.
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (649 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Providing a survey of colonial American history both regionally broad and ""Atlantic"" in coverage, Converging Worlds presents the most recent research in an accessible manner for undergraduate students.With chapters written by top-notch scholars, Converging Worlds is unique in providing not only a comprehensive chronological approach to colonial history with attention to thematic details, but a window into the relevant historiography. Each historian also selected several documents to accompany their chapter, found in the companion primary source reader.C
- Contents:
- Converging Worlds Communities and Cultures in Colonial America; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Beginnings; Chapter 1 European Ambitions and Early Contacts: Diverse Styles of Colonization, 1492-1700; Chapter 2 Tentative Testimonies: The Aztecs, Conquest, and The Black Legend; Chapter 3 Indians of North America: First Encounters; PART II Regions; Chapter 4 The Chesapeake Bay; Chapter 5 New England; Chapter 6 The Caribbean Islands: British Trade, Settlement, and Colonization; Chapter 7 The Middle Colonies; Chapter 8 The Carolinas: Shaping of a Slave Society
- PART III ThemesChapter 9 Judgment at Salem: War, Witchcraft, and Empire; Chapter 10 Purgatory: Interpreting Christian Missions and North American Indians; Chapter 11 The Slave Trade and Slavery; Chapter 12 Women, Family, and Gender; PART IV Transformations; Chapter 13 American Backcountries; Chapter 14 Spiritual Awakenings; Chapter 15 Enlightenment; Chapter 16 Ambitions: Expansion of New France; Chapter 17 French and Indian War; Afterword: A Revolutionary Era; Notes on Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-59673-9
- 0-415-96498-9
- 1-136-59674-7
- 0-203-33647-X
- OCLC:
- 798531599
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