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Choosing Sides on the Frontier in the American Revolution

Choosing Sides on the Frontier in the American Revolution


Walter S. Dunn



Book Description Indians and whites navigated a complex terrain of economic and social factors (including land use, access ...
From British Peasants to Colonial American Farmers

From British Peasants to Colonial American Farmers


Allan Kulikoff



Review [This book] evidences Kulikoff's mastery of the scholarship on farm life and land use across four centuries and on...
The Texture of Contact: European and Indian Settler Communities on the Frontiers of Iroquoia, 1667-1783

The Texture of Contact: European and Indian Settler Communities on the Frontiers of Iroquoia, 1667-1783


David Lee Preston



Review "Well-written, thoroughly researched . . . . [Preston''s] major contribution is the wonderful descriptions of Indi...
Family life in Native America

Family life in Native America


Dorothy Denneen Volo, James M. Volo



Review "[A] richly detailed, well-documented survey that includes descriptions of the environment in which the Indians live...
Changing the terms: translating in the postcolonial era

Changing the terms: translating in the postcolonial era




About the Author CA ...
A Colonial Complex: South Carolina's Frontiers in the Era of the Yamasee War, 1680-1730

A Colonial Complex: South Carolina's Frontiers in the Era of the Yamasee War, 1680-1730


Steven J. Oatis



Review "Steven J. Oatis''s book is the most important contribution to our understanding of the Yamasee War since Verner C...
Lands of True and Certain Bounty: The Geographical Theories and Colonization Strategies of Jean Pierre Purry

Lands of True and Certain Bounty: The Geographical Theories and Colonization Strategies of Jean Pierre Purry




Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French ...
Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692

Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692


Richard Godbeer



Review "Richard Godbeer's Escaping Salem is a thoughtful and lively retelling of a 'forgotten' witchcraft case. The stron...
White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America

White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America


Michael Walsh, Don Jordan



From Publishers Weekly High school American history classes present indentured servitude as a benignly paternalistic syst...
Colonial America: Primary Sources

Colonial America: Primary Sources


Peggy Saari, Julie L. Carnagie



Colonial America: Primary Sources...
Colonial America: Almanac, Volume 2

Colonial America: Almanac, Volume 2


Peggy Saari, Julie L. Carnagie



Colonial America: Almanac, Volume 2...
Colonial America: Almanac, Volume 1

Colonial America: Almanac, Volume 1


Peggy Saari, Julie L. Carnagie



Colonial America: Almanac, Volume 1...
Settler and Creole Re-Enactment

Settler and Creole Re-Enactment


Jonathan Lamb, Vanessa Agnew



About the Author VANESSA AGNEW is Associate Professor in the German Department, University of Michigan, USA where sh...
Founding America: Documents from the Revolution to the Bill of Rights

Founding America: Documents from the Revolution to the Bill of Rights


Jack N. Rakove



Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. From Jack N. Rakove's Introduction to Founding America &...
Foul Bodies: Cleanliness in Early America (Society and the Sexes in the Modern World)

Foul Bodies: Cleanliness in Early America (Society and the Sexes in the Modern World)


Kathleen M. Brown



Review "Brown has framed an intriguing new area of research and gathered a surprisingly rich source of textual evidence. ...
Conceiving Carolina: Proprietors, Planters, and Plots, 1662-1729

Conceiving Carolina: Proprietors, Planters, and Plots, 1662-1729


L.H. Roper



Review "Roper's subject is compelling, given the cast of characters and events that made proprietary South Carolina what ...
The Imperial Origins of the King's Church in Early America: 1607-1783 (Studies in Modern History)

The Imperial Origins of the King's Church in Early America: 1607-1783 (Studies in Modern History)


James B. Bell



About the Author James B. Bell is at the Rothermere American Institute, Oxford University, Oxford. ...
The New England Mind: From Colony to Province

The New England Mind: From Colony to Province


Perry Miller



The New England Mind: From Colony to Province...
Slavery in White and Black: Class and Race in the Southern Slaveholders' New World Order

Slavery in White and Black: Class and Race in the Southern Slaveholders' New World Order




Review "In a study as brilliant as it is provocative, Fox-Genovese and Genovese make the case that many, if not most defe...
Beyond the Founders: New Approaches to the Political History of the Early American Republic

Beyond the Founders: New Approaches to the Political History of the Early American Republic


Jeffrey L. Pasley



Review "This collection of invaluable essays comes as a welcome relief from the current cult of celebrity. [It] penetrate...
White People, Indians, and Highlanders: Tribal People and Colonial Encounters in Scotland and America

White People, Indians, and Highlanders: Tribal People and Colonial Encounters in Scotland and America


Colin G. Calloway



Review "Calloway's book makes for thought-provoking reading for all students and scholars interested in the cultural impa...
Toward a More Perfect Union: Virtue and the Formation of American Republics

Toward a More Perfect Union: Virtue and the Formation of American Republics


Ann Fairfax Withington



Review "A convincing account, writen with unusual wit and style, of the manner in which colonial American self-righteousn...
Building the Devil's Empire: French Colonial New Orleans

Building the Devil's Empire: French Colonial New Orleans


Shannon Lee Dawdy



Review “A brilliant and spirited reinterpretation of the emergence of French New Orleans. Dawdy leads us deep into...
From the Fallen Tree: Frontier Narratives, Environmental Politics, and the Roots of a National Pastoral, 1749-1826

From the Fallen Tree: Frontier Narratives, Environmental Politics, and the Roots of a National Pastoral, 1749-1826


Thomas Hallock



Review "Remarkably engaging." — American Historical Review "A fascinating look at early republican letters. . . . Pr...
Politics and Post-colonial Theory: African Inflections

Politics and Post-colonial Theory: African Inflections


Pal Ahluwalia



Review "A superb analysis of African politics. Pal Ahluwalia cuts through many of the myths surrounding post-colonial the...
A Strange Likeness: Becoming Red and White in Eighteenth-Century North America

A Strange Likeness: Becoming Red and White in Eighteenth-Century North America


Nancy Shoemaker



Review "Ranging widely and insightfully through the eighteenth-century Indian country, Nancy Shoemaker reveals the interp...
Quakers and the American Family: British Settlement in the Delaware Valley

Quakers and the American Family: British Settlement in the Delaware Valley


Barry Levy



Review "This book represents recent social and intellectual history at its best. Like a finely cut gem, its carefully co...
Sensory Worlds in Early America

Sensory Worlds in Early America


Peter Charles Hoffer



Review Far ranging, imaginative... Sensory Worlds in Early America is a signal contribution to the emerging field of the h...
David Hume and Eighteenth-Century America (Rochester Studies in Philosophy)

David Hume and Eighteenth-Century America (Rochester Studies in Philosophy)


Mark G. Spencer



Review "This is an exceptionally good book: it unequivocally establishes the prevalence of 'flawed assessments of Hume's ...
Colonial America: From Jamestown to Yorktown

Colonial America: From Jamestown to Yorktown


Mary K. Geiter, W.A Speck



Review "This book comprises an exemplary introduction to the history of early British America, and I have no hesitation i...