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Converging Worlds.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Breen, Louise A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.