Books on Early American History and Culture, 1986-1990: An Annotated Bibliography [Hardcover]

A companion volume toBooks on Early American History and Culture, 1991-1995, this work covers scholarship on early American history, including North America and the Caribbean from 1492 to 1815. This annotated bibliography surveys over 1,000 monographs, essay collections, exhibition catalogs, and reference works published between 1986 and 1990. In thirty-two thematic sections, the book covers such topics as colonization, rural life and agriculture, and religion. This useful guide organizes the recent explosion of scholarly literature on pre-colonial, colonial, and early Republican America.RAYMOND D. IRWIN teaches American history, language and culture at Just Institute, where he is Director of the Center for Communications. He has written articles on colonial American religion, government, and historiography, as well as social studies teachers' guides and reference works. His earlier bibliography,Books on Early American History and Culture, 1991-1995was published in 2000.

Preface
General
Historiography and Public History
Geography and Exploration
Colonization
Maritime History
Environment
Native Americans
Race
Gender
Ethnicity
Migration
Labor and Class
Economics and Business
Society
Families and Children
Rural Life and Agriculture
Religion
American Revolution
War of 1812
Constitution
Politics and Government
Law
Crime and Punishment
Diplomacy
Military
Ideas
Literature
Communication
Education
Science and Medicine
Visual Arts and Material Culture
Performing Arts
Author Index
Subject Index