Colonial America - Essays in Politics and Social Development

Now in its sixth edition, Colonial America is the most respected and well-known anthology of readings by top scholars in the field of early American history. The collection offers an insightful and critical view of the colonial period, and exposes students to the most significant developments in recent American colonial history scholarship. The new edition features 17 new essays, emphasizing a comparative approach to colonial worlds, with added content on the Atlantic and North American interior. Drawing its material from a greater range of sources than ever before, the text also highlights the themes of race, gender, and family throughout the collection of articles.

Colonial America includes:

• maps of the eighteenth century Atlantic World, West Indies, and British North American colonies
• new introductions to key essays from the fifth edition
• seventeen new essays with contextualizing introductions