Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-290) and index.
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Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction; Section I. EXPLORATION; SECTION II. INTERPRETING AND INSTRUCTING NEW PEOPLES; SECTION III. FOUNDING AND GOVERNING; SECTION IV. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE; SECTION V. SLAVERY; SECTION VI. WOMEN AND COLONIALISM; SECTION VII. VIOLENT CONFLICT; Further Reading; Index; About the Editors.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This reader provides students with key documents from colonial American history, including new English translations of non-English documents. The documents in this collection take the reader beyond the traditional story of the English colonies. Readers explore the Spanish, French, Dutch, Russian, German, and even Icelandic colonial efforts throughout North America, including California, New Mexico, Texas, the Great Plains, Louisiana, Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New England. Throughout, the collection provides not only the perspectives of Europeans but also of Native Americans and Afri.
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Title
Interpreting a continent.
International Standard Book Number
0742551822
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Acculturation-- United States-- History-- 17th century, Sources.
Acculturation-- United States-- History-- 18th century, Sources.
Africans-- United States-- History, Sources.
Europeans-- United States-- History, Sources.
Indians of North America-- History-- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Sources.
Acculturation.
Africans.
Europeans.
HISTORY.
Indians of North America-- Colonial period.
Race relations.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
North America, History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Sources.
United States, History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Sources.
United States, Race relations, History, 17th century, Sources.
United States, Race relations, History, 18th century, Sources.