Colonial British America : essays in the new history of the early modern era edited by Jack P. Greene and J.R. Pole

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greene, Jack P.

Pole, J. R. (Jack Richon)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Historiography--Congresses.

United States.

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Historiography.

Local Subjects:

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Historiography.

Physical Description:

ix, 508 p. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1984.

Language Note:

Based on papers presented at a conference held at St. Catherine's College, Oxford, Aug. 1-7, 1981.

Contents:

Reconstructing British-American colonial history : an introduction / Jack P. Greene & J.R. Pole

The transatlantic economy / Jacob M. Price

The domestic economy / Richard B. Sheridan

Spatial order : households in local communities and regions / James T. Lemon

Demographic development and family structure / Jim Potter

Servants and slaves : the recruitment and employment of labor / Richard S. Dunn

Creative adaptations : peoples and cultures / T.H. Breen

Social development / Gary B. Nash

Wealth and social structure / James A. Henretta

Value and society / Joyce Appleby

Religion and society : problems and reconsiderations / David D. Hall

American high-style and vernacular cultures / Richard L. Bushman

The international and imperial context / W.A. Speck

Political development / John M. Murrin

The problem of colonial legal history / Stanley N. Katz.

Notes:

Based on papers presented at a conference held at St. Catherine's College, Oxford, Aug. 1-7, 1981.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Colonial British America.

ISBN:

0801830540

9780801830549

0801830559 (pbk.)

9780801830556 (pbk.)

OCLC:

9576897