Colonial North America and the Atlantic World: A History in Documents - Softcover

Rushforth, Brett

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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Review:

"A lively array of revealing documents drawn from virtually every corner of the continent and across three centuries of time...These documents...recover a story of enduring and global importance."
-Alan S. Taylor, from the Foreword

"Rushforth and Mapp have have compiled the perfect set of documents to introduce students to the temporal and geographic breadth of North American colonial history. All of the documents have superb introductions, annotations, and follow-up questions."
    - James Drake, Metropolitan State College of Denver

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.

About this edition

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