For many generations, the Nahuas of Mexico maintained their tradition of the xiuhpohualli. or "year counts," telling and performing their history around communal firesides so that the memory of it wou
A story of three boys growing up in America, Scotland and Africa in the late 1800s. Chance takes them to Africa, where a new frontier is opening up. Then, through political machinations, matters take a disastrous turn. The Matabele nation rebels against the colonial settlers, and suddenly everything changes. When these three boys meet on the battlefield, history takes a dramatic turn. Based on a true story.
The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to Colonial America. They arrive just as General george Washington is planning the crossing of the Delaware. Before they know it, Jack and Annie are in
In the traditional narrative of American colonial history, early European settlements, as well as native peoples and African slaves, were treated in passing as unfortunate aberrations in a fundamental
This modest-sized book presents a mine of information for both researchers and general readers. Its articles are divided into subject areas (e.g. Native American life, the economy, diet and health, an
Presents the historical events and social issues of colonial America through twenty-four primary documents, including diary entries, poems, and personal narratives
Narrative chapters on the lives of 10 pioneers in Colonial American art trace the rise of an American identity in the art world. Roark (art history, Chatham College, Pittsburgh) discusses the artistic
Distinguished scholar Betty Wood clearly explains the evolution of the transatlantic slave trade and compares the regional social and economic forces that affected the growth of slavery in early Ameri
A retired physician who has written previously about revolutionary and colonial America, Reiss here discusses Jews in the North American British colonies through US independence. He considers the midd
The book under consideration here marks the second in a series on Scottish colonial soldiers compiled by emigration authority David Dobson. (The first volume was published as two parts in one.) Workin
The Defining Documents series combines key primary source documents from Colonial America with expert analysis. Plus, complimentary online access is provided through Salem History.
Wood (American history, U. of Cambridge) focuses on the experiences and endurance of the enslaved from New England all along the Atlantic seaboard in the years before the American Revolution, showing
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to medical practices among Anglo-Americans, Native Americans, and African Americans during the colonial period, covering everything from dentistry to ch
Before 1650, only a few hundred Scots had trickled into the American colonies, but by the early 1770s the number had risen to 10,000 per year. A conservative estimate of the total number of Scots who
William E. Nelson's first volume of the four-volume The Common Law of Colonial America (2008) established a new benchmark for study of colonial era legal history. Drawing from both a rich archival bas
