The Colonial Era
A Documentary Reader
Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History
1. Edition December 2007
236 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-4051-5662-2
John Wiley & Sons
Comprehensive and accessible, this title offers a clear and original framework for studying the important issues in colonial American history.
* Provides students with more than 60 essential documents on Colonial America
* Short headnotes introduce each selection
* Begins with a brief introduction by the editor and concludes with a bibliography designed to stimulate student research
* Can be used in conjunction with other books in a course or as a stand-alone text
List of Illustrations.
Series Editors' Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I: Beginnings:.
1. English and African Background.
2. Images of the New World.
3. Native American Lives.
4. Borderlands.
5. Founding Colonies.
6. Northern Colonies.
7. Southern Colonies.
Part II: The Eighteenth Century:.
8. Politics.
9. Economy.
10. Empire.
11. Slavery.
12. Everyday Life.
13. Family and Gender Relations.
14. Religion.
15. Culture.
16. The Great War for Empire.
Bibliography.
Index
Series Editors' Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I: Beginnings:.
1. English and African Background.
2. Images of the New World.
3. Native American Lives.
4. Borderlands.
5. Founding Colonies.
6. Northern Colonies.
7. Southern Colonies.
Part II: The Eighteenth Century:.
8. Politics.
9. Economy.
10. Empire.
11. Slavery.
12. Everyday Life.
13. Family and Gender Relations.
14. Religion.
15. Culture.
16. The Great War for Empire.
Bibliography.
Index
"A stunning collection of familiar and newly mined sources that
introduces students firsthand to the breadth of Atlantic world
experiences of Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans."
Jean R. Soderlund, Lehigh University
"This remarkable collection encourages students to glimpse the
many faces of colonial America, sample the varied sources
historians use, and, most important, think critically about how we
know the past."
Daniel K. Richter, University of Pennsylvania
"Clemens has assembled a challenging array of primary documents
that highlight the extraordinary Atlantic dimensions of British
America. His blend of private, published, and institutional sources
sheds light on important topics ranging from exploration,
cross-cultural encounters, and labor systems to the quest for
enlightenment, salvation, civility, profit, and survival on an
American frontier stretching beyond the Thirteen Colonies. This is
an immensely valuable collection that will provoke lively classroom
discussions."
Michael Jarvis, University of Rochester
"Distinguished by its carefully chosen, substantial, and
well-edited documents, this superb reader also offers a thoughtful
introduction, thought-provoking discussion questions, helpful
guidance for further exploration, and useful, unobtrusive headnotes
to the texts. Who could ask for more?"
Fred Anderson, University of Colorado at Boulder
"This remarkable reader offers students a wide range and diverse
set of documents, which in turn provide a compelling and
comprehensive view of colonial America. It is a superb
collection."
Philip Morgan, Johns Hopkins University
"These marvellously diverse documents will introduce students to
the full complexity of colonial America, and Professor Clemens's
expert commentaries should inspire students to reconsider the very
nature of historical analysis."
Steve Sarson, University of Wales, Swansea
introduces students firsthand to the breadth of Atlantic world
experiences of Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans."
Jean R. Soderlund, Lehigh University
"This remarkable collection encourages students to glimpse the
many faces of colonial America, sample the varied sources
historians use, and, most important, think critically about how we
know the past."
Daniel K. Richter, University of Pennsylvania
"Clemens has assembled a challenging array of primary documents
that highlight the extraordinary Atlantic dimensions of British
America. His blend of private, published, and institutional sources
sheds light on important topics ranging from exploration,
cross-cultural encounters, and labor systems to the quest for
enlightenment, salvation, civility, profit, and survival on an
American frontier stretching beyond the Thirteen Colonies. This is
an immensely valuable collection that will provoke lively classroom
discussions."
Michael Jarvis, University of Rochester
"Distinguished by its carefully chosen, substantial, and
well-edited documents, this superb reader also offers a thoughtful
introduction, thought-provoking discussion questions, helpful
guidance for further exploration, and useful, unobtrusive headnotes
to the texts. Who could ask for more?"
Fred Anderson, University of Colorado at Boulder
"This remarkable reader offers students a wide range and diverse
set of documents, which in turn provide a compelling and
comprehensive view of colonial America. It is a superb
collection."
Philip Morgan, Johns Hopkins University
"These marvellously diverse documents will introduce students to
the full complexity of colonial America, and Professor Clemens's
expert commentaries should inspire students to reconsider the very
nature of historical analysis."
Steve Sarson, University of Wales, Swansea
Paul G. E. Clemens has taught colonial history at the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, for more than thirty years. He is the author of The Atlantic Economy and Colonial Maryland's Eastern Shore (1980), awarded the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association for the best book on the history of the United States, Canada, or Latin America; and coauthor of Land Use in Early New Jersey (1995).