The World of Colonial America: An Atlantic Hand, Gallup-Diaz Paperback..

The World of Colonial AmericaAn Atlantic Handbook\nAuthor(s): Ignacio Gallup-Diaz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367736248, 978-0367736248\nSynopsis\nThe World of Colonial America: An Atlantic Handbook offers a comprehensive and in-depth survey of cutting-edge research into the communities, cultures, and colonies that comprised colonial America, with a focus on the processes through which communities were created, destroyed, and recreated that were at the heart of the Atlantic experience. With contributions written by leading scholars from a variety of viewpoints, the book explores key topics such as\n\n-- The Spanish, French, and Dutch Atlantic empires \n\n-- The role of the indigenous people, as imperial allies, trade partners, and opponents of expansion\n\n-- Puritanism, Protestantism, Catholicism, and the role of religion in colonization \n\n-- The importance of slavery in the development of the colonial e.