Colonial North America and the Atlantic World - Softcover

Brett Rushforth; Paul Mapp

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132342375 ISBN 13: 9780132342377

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

A comprehensive collection of primary documents for students of early American and Atlantic history, Colonial North America and the Atlantic World gives voice to the men and women¿Amerindian, African, and European¿who together forged a new world.These compelling narratives address the major themes of early modern colonialism from the perspective of the people who lived at the time: Spanish priests and English farmers, Indian diplomats and Dutch governors, French explorers and African abolitionists. Evoking the remarkable complexity created by the bridging of the Atlantic Ocean, Colonial North America and the Atlantic World suggests that the challenges of globalization¿and the growing reality of American diversity¿are among the most important legacies of the colonial world.

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About the Author

Brett Rushforth is an associate professor of history at the College of William and Mary, where he teaches courses on the history of early America, American Indians, comparative slavery, and the Atlantic world. He is the author of Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveries in New France.
 
Paul Mapp is an associate professor of history at the College of William and Mary, where he teaches courses on colonial North America, the Seven Years' War, the American Revolution, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  He is the author of The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763.

From the Back Cover

A comprehensive collection of primary documents for students of early American and Atlantic history, "Colonial North America and the Atlantic World" gives voice to the men and women-Amerindian, African, and European-who together forged a new world. These compelling narratives open with a foreword, written by Alan Taylor of the University of California at Davis, which exemplifies the new, more inclusive history of colonial American that embraces the entire continent. The collection of primary documentsthat follow address the major themes of early modern colonialism from the perspective of the people who lived at the time: Spanish priests and English farmers, Indian diplomats and Dutch governors, French explorers and African abolitionists. Evoking the remarkable complexity created by the bridging of the Atlantic Ocean, "Colonial North America and the Atlantic World" suggests that the challenges of globalization-and the growing reality of American diversity-are among the most important legacies of the colonial world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0132342375
• ISBN 13: 9780132342377
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350