includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pre-contact : the evidence from archaeology / David G. Anderson and 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 and Carleen Payne -- Comparisons : New Spain / Robert Ferry -- Comparisons : New France / Allan Greer -- Comparisons : Atlantic Canada / Peter Pope -- Causes of American revolutions / Sylvia Frey -- Postscripts : large questions in a very large place / Edward Countryman.

All Ages.