Paul Clemens

Gebundenes Buch

The Colonial Era

A Documentary Reader

Herausgeber: Clemens, Paul G E

Beschreibung

Comprehensive and accessible, The Colonial Era: A Documentary Reader offers a clear and original framework for studying the important issues in colonial American history. It opens with the maximum possible breadth, and then narrows the geographical focus in moving from the sixteenth/seventeenth centuries to the eighteenth century. The author pursues thematic breadth as well, recognizing that it is also crucial for understanding colonial America. Visual images, in the form of fine art, are included, along with photographs of material culture remains, from porcelain plates, to reconstructed colonial interiors, to photographs of colonial houses as they exist today. Such sources help students consider exactly what a "primary source" is, and at what point a modern transformation of that source turns it into a secondary source.

Autor

Paul G. E. Clemens has taught colonial history at the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, for more than thirty years. He is the author of The Atlantic Economy and Colonial Maryland's Eastern Shore (1980), awarded the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association for the best book on the history of the United States, Canada, or Latin America; and coauthor of Land Use in Early New Jersey (1995).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781405156615
• ISBN-10: 1405156619
• Artikelnr.: 22953135

Rezensionen

"A stunning collection of familiar and newly mined sources thatintroduces students firsthand to the breadth of Atlantic worldexperiences of Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans."
Jean R. Soderlund, Lehigh University

"This remarkable collection encourages students to glimpse themany faces of colonial America, sample the varied sourceshistorians use, and, most important, think critically about how weknow the past."
Daniel K. Richter, University of Pennsylvania

"Clemens has assembled a challenging array of primary documentsthat highlight the extraordinary Atlantic dimensions of BritishAmerica. His blend of private, published, and institutional sourcessheds light on important topics ranging from

exploration,cross-cultural encounters, and labor systems to the quest forenlightenment, salvation, civility, profit, and survival on anAmerican frontier stretching beyond the Thirteen Colonies. This isan immensely valuable collection that will provoke lively classroomdiscussions."
Michael Jarvis, University of Rochester

"Distinguished by its carefully chosen, substantial, andwell-edited documents, this superb reader also offers a thoughtfulintroduction, thought-provoking discussion questions, helpfulguidance for further exploration, and useful, unobtrusive headnotesto the texts. Who could ask for more?"
Fred Anderson, University of Colorado at Boulder

"This remarkable reader offers students a wide range and diverseset of documents, which in turn provide a compelling andcomprehensive view of colonial America. It is a superbcollection."
Philip Morgan, Johns Hopkins University

"These marvellously diverse documents will introduce students tothe full complexity of colonial America, and Professor Clemens'sexpert commentaries should inspire students to reconsider the verynature of historical analysis."
Steve Sarson, University of Wales, Swansea