With 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 a window into the relevant historiography. Each historian also 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
- chapter summaries
- discussion questions
- lists of further reading, introducing students to specialist literature
- fifty 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.
For additional information and classroom resources please visit the Converging Worlds companion website at www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415964999.
With 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 a window into the relevant historiography. Each historian also 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
- chapter summaries
- discussion questions
- lists of further reading, introducing students to specialist literature
- fifty 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.
For additional information and classroom resources please visit the Converging Worlds companion website at www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415964999.

Converging Worlds: Communities and Cultures in Colonial America / Edition 1
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Converging Worlds: Communities and Cultures in Colonial America / Edition 1
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780415964999 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 12/06/2011 |
Edition description: | New Edition |
Pages: | 646 |
Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d) |