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Colonial America Annotated Bibliography Crimean, Lawrence. 1970 . Annotated Bibliography
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Subject:History
Topic:Colonial America
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Colonial America
Annotated bibliography
Crimean, Lawrence. (1970). American education: The colonial experience, 1607-1783. New
York: HarperCollins.
Education has been a profoundly democratizing influence in American history but it has also been used to reinforce principles of elitism, according to Crimean's analysis. On one hand, education was seen a cornerstone of America's status as a New Israel and a way of reinforcing spiritual values amongst all mankind; yet it was also used as a means of social control and moralizing -- as a way of keeping certain classes in their places.
Engal, Marc. (1998). New World economies: Growth of the thirteen colonies and early Canada.
New York: Oxford University Press.
The different economies of the northern and southern colonies produced profound cultural differences between the two during the early years of America's development. Tobacco and cash crop production in the south created vast discrepancies of wealth between the 'haves' who owned property and those who did not; while in the north, middle-class farmers and urban, trade-based economies flourished. The book also discusses the extent to which exporting products such as furs from Canada supported the colonial economies.
Kenneth, Andrews. (1985). Trade, plunder and settlement: Maritime enterprise and the genesis
New York: Cambridge University Press.
America has its origins as part of the British Empire. This book discusses the motivations for Britain's worldwide expansion and describes its early relations with Native Americans in the New World. Early colonial failures in Jamestown, followed by more successful ventures in the north are described in detail. The book also contains information about England's other colonial endeavors, which allows the reader to compare the reasons for and progression of colonialism in the Americas vs.…
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Webb, Stephen Saunders. (1984). 1676: The end of American independence in New York.
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
The seemingly paradoxical title of this book refers to the establishment of firm British authority over the colonial territory that later became the state of New York. This book discusses early unsuccessful revolts during the early colonial period, including Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia (a revolt against the rule of William Berkeley by residents who felt he was too 'soft' on the Indians and Maryland) and King Philip's War, which was a dispute between New England settlers and Indians over growing white encroachment over Indian territories.