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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 3: Founding the English Mainland Colonies, 1585-1732
Elizabeth Reis. Damned Women: Sinners and
Witches in Puritan New England (1997).
An examination of the gender assumptions that
made women more likely targets of witchcraft accusations.
John Demos. A Little Commonwealth: Family
Life in Plymouth Colony (1970).
A beautifully written and very engaging portrait
of family and community life in Plymouth Plantations.
Jill Lepore. The Name of War: King Philip’s War and the Origins of American
Identity (1998).
A compelling account of the conflict between
Wampanoag Indians and New Englanders and the emergence of a strong sense of
racial differences between natives and colonists.
James Horn. Adapting to a New World: English
Society in the 17th Century Chesapeake (1996).
A look at the difficulties faced by colonists
as they tried to transport their customs and family patterns to the new environment
of the Chesapeake.
Philip Barbour. Pocahontas and Her World
(1970).
A factual account of the life of an American
Indian princess celebrated in folklore.
Elaine G. Breslaw. Tituba, Reluctant Witch
of Salem: Devilish Indians and Puritan Fantasies (1996).
The author reconstructs the life of the Caribbean-born
Indian slave who was the first to testify that witchcraft was being practiced
in Salem.
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