Vickers, Daniel,.

A Companion to colonial America [Book /] edited by Daniel Vickers. - Malden : Blackwell, 2003. - 562 p : ill. ; 24 cm. - Blackwell companions to American history .

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.

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United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States--Social conditions--To 1865.

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