1st Edition
Converging Worlds Communities and Cultures in Colonial America
Edited By Louise A. Breen
Copyright 2012
646 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
646 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
648 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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,... Read more
Beginnings
- European Ambitions and Early Contacts: Diverse Styles of Colonization, 1492-1700, Timothy Walker
- Tentative Testimonies: Indigenous and Spanish Accounts of the Conquest and Colonization of new Spain, 1100-1650, Heather McCrea
- Indians of North America: First Encounters, Michael Oberg
- The Chesapeake Bay, L.H. Roper
- New England, Richard Gildrie
- The Caribbean Islands: British Trade, Settlement and Colonization, James Robertson
- Middle Colonies, Wayne Bodle
- The Carolinas: Shaping of a Slave Society, Noeleen McIlvanna
- Transformations: Salem Witchcraft Tragedy, War and Empire, Louise Breen
- Purgatory: Interpreting Christian Missions and North American Indians, David J. Silverman
- The Slave Trade and Slavery, Ty Reese
- Women, Family, and Gender, Linda Sturtz
- Backcountries, Warren Hofstra
- Spiritual Awakenings, Kenneth Minkema
- Enlightenment, Ned Landsman
- Ambitions: Expansion of New France, Robert Morissey
- French and Indian War, James Piecuch
Regions
Themes
Transformations
Afterword: A Revolutionary Era, Walter Sargent
Biography
Louise A. Breen is Associate Professor of History at Kansas State University. She is the author of Transgressing the Bounds: Subversive Enterprises among the Puritan Elite in Massachusetts, 1630-1692.
