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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 2: A Continent on the Move, 1400-1725
Charles R. Boxer. The Dutch Seaborne Empire,
1600-1800 (1965).
A comprehensive overview of Dutch colonial
activities and the trading economy that evolved in the Netherlands following
its independence from Spain.
W. J. Eccles. France in America (rev.
ed., 1990).
A newly revised version of the classic work
on France’s activities in the New World; inclusive and readable.
Ramon A. Gutierrez. When Jesus Came, the
Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage, Sexuality, and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1846
(1991).
Though controversial, this study of how native
people in the American Southwest incorporated invading Spanish culture, modifying
and being modified by it, is extremely interesting and insightful.
Daniel Richter and James H. Merrell, eds. Beyond
the Covenant Chain: The Iroquois and Their Neighbors in Indian North America
(1987).
A collection of essays dealing with Iroquois
diplomacy and its influence on Northeastern development during the colonial
era. Its contributors include many leading Iroquois scholars and summarizes
current scholarship well.
Daniel H. Usner, Jr. Indians, Settlers,
and Slaves in a Frontier Exchange Economy: The Lower Mississippi Valley Before
1783 (1992).
A masterful study of the complex nature of
exchange and alliance among Indians and others in Louisiana and its environs.
David Weber. The Spanish Frontier in North
America (1992).
A broad synthesis of the history of New Spain
by the foremost scholar in the field.
Richard White. The Middle Ground: Indians,
Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815 (1991).
Although it covers material far beyond the
chronological scope of this chapter, students interested in the relations between
Indians and Europeans in the colonial era fill find much in the early chapters.
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