Contents; About the Contributors; Introduction; 1 Pre-Contact: The Evidence from Archaeology; 2 The Origins of Transatlantic Colonization; 3 Ecology; 4 Migration and Settlement; 5 Empire; 6 Indian History During the English Colonial Era; 7 African Americans; 8 Economy; 9 Women and Gender; 10 Children and Parents; 11 Class; 12 Colonial Politics; 13 Regionalism; 14 Consumption; 15 Religion; 16 Secular Culture in Search of an Early American Enlightenment; 17 Borderlands; 18 Comparisons: The Caribbean; 19 Comparisons: New Spain; 20 Comparisons: New France; 21 Comparisons: Atlantic Canada
22 Causes of the American Revolutions23 Postscript: Large Questions in a Very Large Place; Index
Summary
''A Companion to Colonial America'' consists of 23 essays 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
