| Contents |
European ambitions and early contacts : diverse styles of colonization, 1492-1700 / Timothy Walker -- Tentative testimonies : indigenous and Spanish accounts of the conquest and colonization of New Spain, 1100-1650 / Heather McCrea -- Indians of North America : first encounters / Michael Oberg -- The Chesapeake Bay / L.H. Roper -- New England / Richard Gildrie -- The Caribbean islands : British trade, settlement and colonization / James Robertson -- Middle Colonies / Wayne Bodle -- The Carolinas : shaping of a slave society / Noeleen McIlvanna -- Transformations : Salem witchcraft tragedy, war and empire / Louise Breen -- Purgatory : interpreting Christian missions and North American Indians / David J. Silverman -- The slave trade and slavery / Ty Reese -- Women, family, and gender / Linda Sturtz -- Backcountries / Warren Hofstra -- Spiritual awakenings / Kenneth Minkema -- Enlightenment / Ned Landsman -- Ambitions : expansion of New France / Robert Morissey -- French and indian War / James Piecuch -- Afterward : a revolutionary era / Walter Sargent. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011040321 |
| ISBN | 9780415964982 (hbk : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0415964989 (hbk : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780415964999 (pbk : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0415964997 (pbk : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780203336472 (ebk) |
| ISBN | 020333647X (ebk) |
