{"product_id":"colonial-american-history-isbn-9780631218548","title":"Colonial American History","description":"This carefully collected volume of eight essays and 24 supporting documents allows access to the best and latest scholarship on mainland British North America. This book demonstrates how differences in race, ethnicity, gender, and social status were continuously negotiated throughout England's North American colonies.  Series Editor's Preface. \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note on the Texts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. First Encounters:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArticle:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKing Philip's Herds: Indians, Colonists, and the Problem of Livestock in Early New England: Virginia DeJohn Anderson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReasons to be Considered for ... the Intended Plantation in New England (1629): John Winthrop.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTreaty between the Abenaki Indians and the English at Casco Bay (1727).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndian Explanation of the Treaty of Casco Bay (1727): Loron Sauguaarum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Puritan Culture:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArticle:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA World of Wonders: David D. Hall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Model of Christian Charity (1630): John Winthrop.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrial of Mrs Lucy Brewster at a Court Held at Newhaven (1646): Charles J. Hoadly.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTryal of Susanna Martin in Salem (1692).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Making Race:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArticle:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom \"Foul Crimes\" to \"Spurious Issue\": Sexual Regulation and the Social Construction of Race: Kathleen M. Brown.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLetter to his Parents (1623): Richard Frethorne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVirginia Slave Codes (1661–1705): William Waller Henning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePetition against Zachareah Jordan (1783): Ruth Tillett.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Africa Diaspora:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArticle:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime, Space, and the Evolution of Afro-American Society on British Mainland North America: Ira Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea (1705): William Bosman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Carolina Chronicle of Dr. Francis Le Jau (1706–1717): Francis Le Jau.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, A Native of Africa, But Resident above Sixty Years in the Unites States of America (1700s): Venture Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. European Immigration:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArticle:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorlds in Motion: Bernard Bailyn.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Infortunate: The Voyage and adventures of William Moraley, an Indentured Servant (1743): William Moraley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJourney to Pennsylvania (1754): Gottlieb Mittelberger.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInformations Concerning the Province of North Carolina (1700s): Scotus Americanus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Awakening:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArticle:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Pedlar in Divinity\": George Whitfield and the Great Awakening, 1737–1745: Frank Lambert.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Spiritual Travels of Nathan Cole (1741): Nathan Cole.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Letter ... to Mr. George Wishart (1742): Charles Chauncy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Distinguishing Marks (1741): Jonathan Edwards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Creating Gentility:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArticle:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBodies and Minds: Richard Bushman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAutobiography and Other Writings (1790): Benjamin Franklin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGentleman's Progress: The Itinerarium of Dr. Alexander Hamilton (1744): Alexander Hamilton.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Weekly Mercury\u003c\/i\u003e (Philadelphia), no. 575 (Jan. 5, 1730\/1): Generosa (Elizabeth Magawley).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Backcountry Worlds:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArticle:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Worlds for All: Indian America by 1775: Colin Calloway.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocuments:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Carolina Backcountry on the Eve of the Revolution: The Journal and Other Writings of Charles Woodmason, Anglican Itinerant (1766–8): Charles Woodmason.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Behalf of the Ohio Delawares, Munsies, and Mohicans, to the Governors of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia (December 4, 1771): John Killbuck.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Journal of Two Visits made to Some Nations of Indians on the West Side of the River Ohio, in the Years 1772 and 1773: David Jones.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Here we have eight eminently discussible articles, each one matched with three substantial, thoughtfully edited primary sources, and introductory notes that invite rather than inhibit analysis. Who could ask for more? A superb reader.\" \u003ci\u003eFred Anderson, University of Colorado at Boulder\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A deft, highly satisfying collection of original sources and trenchant scholarship that gets to the heart of colonial experience in early America.\" \u003ci\u003eJon Butler, Yale University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirsten Fischer\u003c\/b\u003e teaches in the Department of History at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSuspect Relations: Sex, Race, and Resistance in Colonial North Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e (2002).\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Hinderaker\u003c\/b\u003e teaches in the Department of History at the University of Utah. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eElusive Empires: Constructing Colonialism in the Ohio Valley\u003c\/i\u003e (1997).\u003c\/p\u003e  This carefully collected volume of eight essays and 24 supporting documents allows access to the best and latest scholarship about mainland British North America. This book demonstrates how differences in race, ethnicity, gender, and social status were continually negotiated throughout Britain's North American colonies. It includes essays about Native Americans, the transatlantic slave trade, the rise of gentility, regulation of the sexual behavior of both white and black women, and the creation of new religious practices. Overall, \u003ci\u003eColonial American History\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that this amalgamation of cultures presented the European colonists, Native Americans and Africans alike with the opportunity – and necessity – to establish new identities and create new forms of community and authority.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book includes a general introduction, chapter introductions, and supporting documents for each essay. The documents – diaries, letters, trial summaries, treaties, slave codes, and travel narratives – are designed to illuminate key issues raised in the essays and facilitate lively, informed classroom discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988946403557,"sku":"NP9780631218548","price":51.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631218548.jpg?v=1761782160","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/colonial-american-history-isbn-9780631218548","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}