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- A Companion to Colonial America by Daniel Vickers (Editor)Publication Date: 2006A Companion to Colonial America consists of twenty-three original essays by expert historians on the key issues and topics in American colonial history. Each essay surveys the scholarship and prevailing interpretations in these key areas, discussing the differing arguments and assessing their merits. Coverage includes politics, religion, migration, gender, ecology, and many others.
British Colonial Settlement
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- American Slavery--American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia by Edmund MorganCall Number: JPL 3rd Floor E445 .V8 M67 1975Publication Date: 1975
- Children in Colonial America by James MartenPublication Date: 2006
- Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England by Douglas L. WiniarskiCall Number: JPL 3rd Floor BR520 .W56 2017Publication Date: 2017Available as an e-book and hard copy.
- Family Life in 17th- and 18th-Century America by James M. Volo; Dorothy Denneen VoloPublication Date: 2005
- The Puritan Experiment by Francis J. BremerPublication Date: 1995
- Quakers and the American Family: British Settlement in the Delaware, 1650-17765 by Barry S. LevyCall Number: JPL 3rd Floor F157 .D4L48 1988Publication Date: 1988
- Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America by Merril D. Smith (Editor)Publication Date: 2010
- Women's Roles in Seventeenth-Century America by Merril D. Smith (Editor)Publication Date: 2008
- Women, Family, and Community in Colonial America by Linda SpethPublication Date: 2013
- Women and Religion in Early America,1600-1850: The Puritan and Evangelical Traditions by Marilyn J. WesterkampCall Number: BR520 .W474 1999Available as an e-book and in print.
Native American Conflict
- The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America by Andrés ReséndezCall Number: JPL 3rd Floor E98.S6 R47 2016Publication Date: 2016
- Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip's War by Lisa BrooksCall Number: JPL 3rd Floor E83.67 .B795 2018Publication Date: 2018
- The Saltwater Frontier: Indians and the Contest for the American Coast by Andrew LipmanCall Number: JPL 3rd Floor E78.N5 L57 2015Publication Date: 2015
- The Yamasee War: A Study of Culture, Economy, and Conflict in the Colonial South by William L. RamseyCall Number: JPL 3rd Floor E83.713 .R36 2008Publication Date: 2008Available as an e-book and hard copy.
French Colonial Settlement
- The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. PowellPublication Date: 2012
- Building the Devil's Empire: French Colonial New Orleans by Shannon Lee DawdyPublication Date: 2008
Spanish Settlement
- Anglo-Spanish Rivalry in Colonial South-East America, 1650-1725 by Timothy Paul GradyPublication Date: 2010
- Los Paisanos: Spanish Settlers on the Northern frontier of New Spain by Oakah L. JonesPublication Date: 1996
- The Spanish Frontier in North America by David J. WeberPublication Date: 1992