Colonial America

A History to 1763

Middleton, Richard / Lombard, Anne

4. Auflage April 2011
622 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-4051-9004-6

John Wiley & Sons

Kurzbeschreibung

The story of how the thirteen North American colonies established by Great Britain went on to form the nucleus of the United States is both fascinating and complex. Fully updated and revised to reflect the most recent scholarship, the fourth edition features extensive new coverage of the simultaneous development of French, Spanish, and Dutch colonies in North America, as well as re-written chapters on families and women. With its in-depth coverage, this text offers the most complete portrait of the diverse people, events, and influences that lead to the creation of the United States.

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Colonial America: A History to 1763, 4th Edition provides updated and revised coverage of the background, founding, and development of the thirteen English North American colonies.
* Fully revised and expanded fourth edition, with updated bibliography
* Includes new coverage of the simultaneous development of French, Spanish, and Dutch colonies in North America, and extensively re-written and updated chapters on families and women
* Features enhanced coverage of the English colony of Barbados and trans-Atlantic influences on colonial development
* Provides a greater focus on the perspectives of Native Americans and their influences in shaping the development of the colonies

Preface

Part I: Old and New Worlds Meet

Part II: The Seventeenth-century Settlements

Part III: The Eighteenth-century: Provinces in a Changing Continent

Bibliography

Index

"The Middleton-Lombard text provides a superb introduction to the complex history of colonial America. Its prose, coverage, organization, maps and illustrations attest to the careful attention to detail which the subject deserves." - Joyce Appleby, University of California, Los Angeles
"This new edition brings the classic survey text in colonial American history abreast of the latest scholarship without sacrificing any of the earlier versions' coherence, clarity, and accessibility. A superb overview." - Fred Anderson, University of Colorado, Boulder

Richard Middleton was for many years head of the American Studies department at Queen's University, Belfast. He is the author of several books, including The Bells of Victory: The Pitt Newcastle Ministry and the Conduct of the Seven Years War (1985), and Pontiac's War: Its Causes, Course and Consequences, 1763-1765 (2007). Now retired, Middleton is currently working on a book about the American War of Independence.
Anne Lombard is Associate Professor, California State University, San Marcos. She is the author of Making Manhood: Growing Up Male in Colonial New England (2003). Her current research examines riots and other forms of collective violence by white men in British America during the eighteenth century.

A. Lombard, California State University, San Marcos, USA