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Making America, A History of the United States
Making America, Third Edition
Carol Berkin, Baruch College, City University of New York
Christopher L. Miller, The University of Texas, Pan American
Robert W. Cherny, San Francisco State University
James L. Gormly, Washington and Jefferson College
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Chapter 1: Making a "New" World, To 1588
Marvin B. Becker. Civility and Society in
Western Europe, 1300-1600 (1988).
A brief but comprehensive look at social conditions
in Europe during the period leading up to and out of the exploration of the
New World.
Alfred W. Crosby. The Columbian Exchange:
Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492 (1972).
The landmark book that brought the Columbian
impact into focus for the first time. Parts of the book are technical, but the
explanations are clear and exciting.
Brian M. Fagan. The Great Journey: The Peopling
of Ancient America (1987).
An excellent, though somewhat conservative
account of the peopling of North America during the last stages of the Great
Ice Age.
Alvin M. Josephy. America in 1492: The World
of the Indian Peoples Before the Arrival of Columbus (1992).
A master writer’s account of conditions in
the Americas at the time of European contact. An excellent introduction to this
fascinating world.
William H. McNeill. Plagues and Peoples
(1976).
A fascinating history of disease and its impact
on people throughout the period of European expansion and New World colonization.
Roland Oliver and J. D. Fage. A Short History
of Africa (1988).
Although somewhat dated, this remains the most
concise and understandably written comprehensive history of Africa available.
Eviatar Zerubavel. Terra Cognita: The Mental
Discovery of America (1992).
A useful and well-written overview of revisionist
literature that emphasizes the gradual nature of American discovery, emphasizing
that the full realization of America’s physical and historical contours dawned
on Europeans over a two hundred year period.
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