Colonial America
A History to 1763
4th Edition
Published on 22. March 2011
624 pages
978-1-4443-9628-7 (ISBN)
Description
Colonial America: A History to 1763, 4th Edition providesupdated and revised coverage of the background, founding, anddevelopment of the thirteen English North American colonies.
* Fully revised and expanded fourth edition, with updatedbibliography
* Includes new coverage of the simultaneous development ofFrench, Spanish, and Dutch colonies in North America, andextensively re-written and updated chapters on families andwomen
* Features enhanced coverage of the English colony of Barbadosand trans-Atlantic influences on colonial development
* Provides a greater focus on the perspectives of NativeAmericans and their influences in shaping the development of thecolonies
Reviews / Votes
"The Middleton-Lombard text provides a superb introduction tothe complex history of colonial America. Its prose, coverage,organization, maps and illustrations attest to the carefulattention to detail which the subject deserves." -Joyce Appleby, University of California, Los Angeles "This new edition brings the classic survey text in colonialAmerican history abreast of the latest scholarship withoutsacrificing any of the earlier versions' coherence, clarity, andaccessibility. A superb overview." - Fred Anderson,University of Colorado, BoulderMore details
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Persons
Richard Middleton was for many years head of the AmericanStudies department at Queen's University, Belfast. He is theauthor of several books, including The Bells of Victory: ThePitt Newcastle Ministry and the Conduct of the Seven Years War(1985), and Pontiac's War: Its Causes, Course andConsequences, 1763-1765 (2007). Now retired, Middleton iscurrently working on a book about the American War ofIndependence.
Anne Lombard is Associate Professor, California StateUniversity, San Marcos. She is the author of Making Manhood:Growing Up Male in Colonial New England (2003). Her currentresearch examines riots and other forms of collective violence bywhite men in British America during the eighteenth century.
Content
Preface.
Part I: Old and New Worlds Meet.
1. The Peoples of Eastern North America: Societies in Transition.
2. The Age of European Exploration.
Part II: The Seventeenth-century Settlements.
3. The English Conquer Virginia, 1607-60.
4. The Conquest Continues: New England, 1620-60.
5. Diverse Colonies: New France, New Netherland, Maryland, and the West Indies.
6. The Restoration Era.
7. The Later Years of Charles II.
8. James II and the Glorious Revolution.
9. The Eras of William and Mary, and Queen Anne.
Part III: The Eighteenth-century: Provinces in a Changing Continent.
10. The Economy and Labor System in British North America.
11. Settler Families and Society.
12. White Women and Gender.
13. British North American Religion, Education, and Culture, 1689-1760.
14. Slavery and the African American Experience, 1689-1760.
15. Expanding Spanish and French Empires in North America.
16. Native American Societies and Cultures, 1689-1760.
17. Immigration and Expansion in British North America, 1714-50.
18. British North American Institutions of Government.
19. Britain, France, and Spain: The Imperial Contest, 1739-63.
Bibliography.
Index.
