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The Times of Their Lives: Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colony

The Times of Their Lives: Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colony

by James Deetz

James Deetz, who until his death was a leading expert on the archaeology of Plymouth Colony, and his wife, cultural historian Patricia Scott Deetz, give a realistic and fascinating picture of life in colonial America as they recount, in colorful detail, the true story of Plymouth Colony. The Pilgrims were not the somber, dark-clad historical figures children learn about in school. Nor were they nearly as pious as... (more)

Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: a cultural history)

Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: a cultural history)

by David Hackett Fischer

This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. Itis a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins.

The Puritan Experiment: New England Society from Bradford to Edwards (Library of New England)

The Puritan Experiment: New England Society from Bradford to Edwards (Library of New England)

by Francis J. Bremer

The comprehensive history of a system of faith that shaped the nation.

The Making of an American Thinking Class: Intellectuals and Intelligentsia in Puritan Massachusetts

The Making of an American Thinking Class: Intellectuals and Intelligentsia in Puritan Massachusetts

by Darren Staloff

A radical new interpretation of the political and intellectual history of Puritan Massachusetts, this work envisions the Bay colony as a seventeenth century one-party state, where congregations served as ideological 'cells' and authority was restricted to an educated elite of ministers and magistrates. Author Darren Staloff shows how the colony's course of events was dictated by the struggles of laypersons against... (more)

New World: An Epic of Colonial America from the Founding of Jamestown to the Fall of Quebec

New World: An Epic of Colonial America from the Founding of Jamestown to the Fall of Quebec

by Arthur Quinn

Historian Quinn brilliantly captures a nation in the making with this ambitious and honest account of colonial America. He challenges conventional historical narrative and allows readers to experience America's tumultuous beginnings with an unparalleled sense of immediacy and drama. A New World intrigues, surprises, and informs in a way that is both rare and rewarding.

The Formative Years, 1607-1763Clarence L. Ver Steeg

The Formative Years, 1607-1763

by Clarence L. Ver Steeg

Revolutionary Empire: The Rise of the English-Speaking Empires from the Fifteenth Century to the 1780sAngus Calder

Revolutionary Empire: The Rise of the English-Speaking Empires from the Fifteenth Century to the 1780s

by Angus Calder

Big Chief Elizabeth : the adventures and fate of the First English Colonists in America

Big Chief Elizabeth : the adventures and fate of the First English Colonists in America

by Giles Milton

In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of Native Americans had made her their weroanza—a word that meant "big chief". The news was received with great joy, both by the Queen and her favorite, Sir Walter Ralegh. His first American expedition had brought back a captive, Manteo, who caused a sensation in Elizabethan London. In 1587, Manteo was returned to his homeland as Lord and... (more)

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