Colonial America
These books convey the essentials of the history of Colonial America.
- History of America by . These recorded lectures give an essentialized history of America from its colonial beginnings.
- Mitre and Sceptre, Transatlantic Faiths, Ideas, Personalities and Politics by . (out-of-print, see sources.)
- Pursuits of Happiness, The Social Development of Early Modern British Colonies and the Formation of American Culture by .
- The Enlightenment in America by . Short on interpretation, but it is intelligible and presents an excellent selection of concrete examples and citations. And it is short, 190 pages in paperback.
- The Puritan Dilemma by .
- France and England in North America by . Best read in Samuel E. Morison, ed., The Parkman Reader. Parkman is one of the greatest of 19th-century American historians. Excellent depiction of New France, which serves as a laboratory test-case to compare against New England (thus furnishing a good example of the role of ideas in history).
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