Converging worlds : communities and cultures in colonial America / / edited by Louise A. Breen

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st edition
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (649 p.)
• Disciplina: 970.03
• Soggetto topico: Indians - First contact with other peoples; Europeans - America - History
• Soggetto geografico: 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
• Altri autori: BreenLouise A
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Converging worlds
• ISBN: 1-136-59673-9; 0-415-96498-9; 1-136-59674-7; 0-203-33647-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778926603321
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