1st Edition

Converging Worlds Text and Sourcebook Bundle

    by Routledge

    Providing a survey of colonial American history both regionally broad and "Atlantic" in coverage, Converging Worlds presents the most recent research in an accessible manner for undergraduate students.

    With original chapters written by top-notch scholars, Converging Worlds is unique in providing not only a comprehensive chronological approach to colonial history with attention to thematic details but also a window into the relevant historiography. Each historian has selected several documents to accompany their chapter, found in the companion primary source reader.

    Converging Worlds: Communities and Cultures in Colonial America includes:

        • timelines tailored for every chapter
        • section summaries that contextualize the chapters
        • discussion questions
        • lists of further reading, introducing students to specialist literature
        • thirty illustrations.
    • Key topics discussed include:
    • French, Spanish, and Native American experiences
    • regional areas such as the Midwest and Southwest
    • religion including missions, witchcraft, and Protestants
    • the experience of women and families.

    With its synthesis of both broad time periods and specific themes, Converging Worlds is ideal for students of the colonial period, and provides a fascinating glimpse into the diverse foundations of America.

    The accompanying sourcebook provides students with primary sources specifically chosen to compliment each chapter of the text.

    For additional information and classroom resources, please visit the Converging Worlds companion website at www.routledge.com/textbooks/breen.

    Biography

    Louise A. Breen is Associate Professor of History at Kansas State University. She is the author of  Transgressing the Bounds: Subversive Enterprises among the Puritan Elite in Massachusetts, 1630-1692.