Colonial America books
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The Sovereignty and Goodness of God
Mary White RowlandsonA Puritan woman's account of her captivity during King Philip's War, one of the earliest American captivity narratives.
The New England Mind
Perry MillerA detailed study of Puritan intellectual life that shaped how later historians read early New England.
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
Bernard BailynArgues that colonial pamphlets and political ideas, not only economic grievances, drove the move to independence.
White Over Black
Winthrop D. JordanTraces how English and colonial ideas about color and difference hardened into racial slavery.
The Invasion of America
Francis JenningsChallenges the idea of an empty wilderness and treats colonization as conquest of Native peoples.
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More colonial america books
- American Slavery, American Freedom
American Slavery, American FreedomEdmund Sears Morgan - Founding Mothers & Fathers
Founding Mothers & FathersMary Beth Norton - A Midwife's Tale
A Midwife's TaleLaurel Thatcher Ulrich - The Name of War
The Name of WarJill Lepore - Mayflower
MayflowerNathaniel Philbrick - The Witches: Salem, 1692
The Witches: Salem, 1692Stacy Schiff - American Colonies
American ColoniesAlan Taylor - Facing East from Indian Country
Facing East from Indian CountryDaniel K. Richter - The origins of American slavery
The origins of American slaveryWood, Betty.1997 - Red, white, and Black
Red, white, and BlackGary B. Nash1982 - Home life in colonial days
Home life in colonial daysAlice Morse Earle1898 - The American pageant,
The American pageant,Thomas A. Bailey1956