Description
A Companion to Colonial America consists of twenty-three original essays by expert historians on the key issues and topics in American colonial history. Each essay surveys the scholarship and prevailing interpretations in these key areas, discussing the differing arguments and assessing their merits.
- Coverage includes politics, religion, migration, gender, ecology, and many others.
About the Author
Daniel Vickers is Professor of History at the University of California San Diego. He is the author of Farmers and Fisherman: Two Centuries of Work in Essex County, Massachusetts (1994).
Reviews
"An indispensable survey of a generation of scholarship on early American history. The continent-wide approach is breathtaking - a testimony to the expanding horizons of American historians." Gary B. Nash, University of California Los Angeles
"This authoritative and well produced volume provides an overview of the state of play in the ever expanding field of colonial American history. This valuable reference work provides a comprehensive and thought provoking entree into a sophisticated field of historical enquiry." The Journal of the Historical Association
Book Information
ISBN 9781405149853
Author Daniel Vickers
Format Paperback
Page Count 578
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 980g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 173mm * 31mm
