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Author:   Jack P. Greene ,  J. R. Pole
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.839kg
ISBN:  

9780801830556

ISBN 10:   0801830559
Pages:   520
Publication Date:   26 January 1984
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Tables Preface Chapter 1. Reconstructing British-American Colonial History: An Introduction Chapter 2. The Transatlantic Economy Chapter 3. The Domestic Economy Chapter 4. Spatial Order: Households in Local Communities and Regions Chapter 5. Demographic Development and Family Structure Chapter 6. Servants and Slaves: The Recruitment and Employment of Labor Chapter 7. Creative Adaptions: Peoples and Cultures Chapter 8. Social Development Chapter 9. Wealth and Social Structure Chapter 10. Value and Society Chapter 11. Religion and Society: Problems and Reconsiderations Chapter 12. American High-Style and Vernacular Culstures Chapter 13. The International and Imperial Context Chapter 14. Political Development Chapter 15. The Problem of a Colonial Legal History Notes on the Contributors Index

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'Colonial British America' is a tour de force...It both summarizes and advances our understanding of early modern British America. --E. Wayne Carp, 'Journal of Southern History' The study of colonial British America has made enormous progress in recent decades. Many of those who have contributed substantially to this advancehere assess the changes for which they can claim responsibility, and no major historian escapes mention and discussion. --Peter Marshall, 'Times Literary Supplement'

Colonial British America is a tour de force... It both summarizes and advances our understanding of early modern British America. -- E. Wayne Carp * Journal of Southern History * The study of colonial British America has made enormous progress in recent decades. Many of those who have contributed substantially to this advance here assess the changes for which they can claim responsibility, and no major historian escapes mention and discussion. -- Peter Marshall * Times Literary Supplement *

Author Information

Jack P. Greene is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities at the Johns Hopkins University. Among his many books on colonial America are The Quest for Power and The Reinterpretation of the American Revolution. J. R. Pole is Rhodes Professor of American History and Institutions at Oxford University. His best-known books include Political Representation in England and the Origins of the American Republic and The Pursuit of Equality in American History.

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