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Colonial America in an Atlantic World, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (January 11, 2016) © 2017

  • Timothy H. Breen Northwestern University
  • Timothy D. Hall Central Michigan University

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For courses in Colonial American History
A story of interaction and adaptation in the Atlantic world.
Colonial America in an Atlantic World presents the story of interaction and adaptation among the peoples of four continents that resulted in the development of the North American region that became the United States. Authors T.H. Breen and Timothy Hall discuss the social, political, environmental, and cultural processes set in motion by European exploration and settlement, and cover the sometimes-overlooked contributions of Native Americans and Africans to Atlantic history. Expanded to include a new, three-chapter section on the American Revolution, the second edition traces Atlantic history right up through the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1788.
A compelling narrative boosts student understanding
• Colonial America in an Atlantic World weaves a fascinating narrative that is organized by colonial region and presented in rough chronological order. Each of the text’s four parts is tied together by a specific theme that offers students a larger concept to keep in mind as they read.
• Part I: Historical Context and Confrontation• Part II: Varieties of Settlement
• Part III: Contest and Conflict• Part IV: The New Independent America
• NEW! A three-chapter closing section on the American Revolution helps students view the Revolutionary period within an Atlantic and continental context. The final chapter outlines the steps that the newly independent United States took to establish itself as an Atlantic power in its own right.
• The authors takes an inclusive approach to Atlantic history, emphasizing the roles of Native Americans and Africans as well as Europeans as active participants in the creation and development of a colonial Atlantic world.
Engaging features foster student interest
• Chapter-opening vignettes introduce key topics and provide concrete examples of how actual men and women–many of them obscure people–experienced the great historical changes of their era. Theses personal stories make course content relatable, drawing students into the material.
• Chapter-ending chronologies recap significant events, trends, and developments discussed in the chapter, giving students a handy review of the content covered.
• Engaging maps in each chapter acquaint students with the geographic area relevant to the chapter narrative and identify where major events took place.

Revised and updated content ensures currency and relevance
• NEW! Select chapters from the first edition have been condensed and reorganized to strengthen the narrative and eliminate redundancy, helping students more easily grasp Atlantic history.
• UPDATED! Content throughout the text has been refreshed to reflect the latest findings and interpretations in historical scholarship, ensuring currency.
• UPDATED! End-of-chapter bibliographic essays have been revised to direct students to the most current and influential scholarship for further investigation.
A compelling narrative boosts student understanding
• A three-chapter closing section on the American Revolution helps students view the Revolutionary period within an Atlantic and continental context. The final chapter outlines the steps that the newly independent United States took to establish itself as an Atlantic power in its own right.
Revised and updated content ensures currency and relevance
• Select chapters from the first edition have been condensed and reorganized to strengthen the narrative and eliminate redundancy, helping students more easily grasp Atlantic history.
• UPDATED! Content throughout the text has been refreshed to reflect the latest findings and interpretations in historical scholarship, ensuring currency.
• UPDATED! End-of-chapter bibliographic essays have been revised to direct students to the most current and influential scholarship for further investigation.
PART I — CREATING AN ATLANTIC WORLD: THREE WORLDS MEET
1. Origins of an Atlantic World
2. Trade and Violence in an Emerging Atlantic World, 1500—1625

PART II — THE CONTEST FOR SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY SETTLEMENT
3. Winners and Losers on the Tobacco Coast, 1607—1660
4. Sugar, Slaves, and Profits: The English Contest for a Caribbean Empire
5. Cities on a Hill: Bible Commonwealths in New England, 1620—1660
6. England’s Quest for a Commercial Empire
7. Conflict, Transformation, Realignment

PART III — PROVINCES IN A CONTESTED EMPIRE: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
8. Empires of Guns and Goods: North America at the Opening of the Eighteenth Century
9. Shifting Borderlands: Migrations in Eighteenth-Century America
10. The Anglicization of Provincial America
11. Slavery and Empire: African American Cultures in the Colonial British
12. Imperial Competition for the American Market

PART IV — AN INDEPENDENT AMERICA IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD
13. Colonial Alienation within the British Empire
14. Crucible of Liberty: Varieties of Independence in the Revolutionary War
15. Independence in an Atlantic World

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