Envisioning America: English Plans for the Colonization of North America, 1580-1640 (Bedford Series in History and Culture) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312122527 ISBN 13: 9780312122522

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1995

Synopsis

What were the English reading about the "New World" in the early decades of colonization? This unique collection explores 10 primary documents - promotional tracts, reports to monarchs, travel narratives, and the like - from the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries to reveal the visions and motives of those who promoted emigration and those who participated in it. An introductory essay places these documents within the historical context of Europe and the Americas during the Age of Discovery. Also included are 16 contemporary engravings of Native Americans, questions to consider when reading the documents, a chronology of exploration and colonization in the Americas, a bibliography, and an index.

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About the Author

Peter C. Mancall is a professor of history and anthropology at the University of Southern California.  He is also Associate Vice Provost for Research Advancement at the university, and the director of the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. His scholarly work examines early American history with a particular focus on American Indians, the environment, and economic development. He has been a fellow at the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University and a Mellon Resident Research Fellow at the American Philosophical Society Library. He is the author of Valley of Opportunity: Economic Culture along the Upper Susquehanna, 1700-1800 (1991) and the forthcoming Deadly Medicine: Indians and Alcohol in Early America.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312122527
• ISBN 13: 9780312122522
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 182
• Editor: Mancall Peter C.