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Colonial Life (political) | Colonial Life (social) | For younger readers

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Colonial Life (political)

Hakim, Joy. Making 13 Colonies. Rev. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 1998. The story of the forming of the original American colonies. For grades 5 to 8.

Katz, Stanley Nider, and others. Colonial America: Essays in Politics and Social Development. McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2000. An anthology of readings by top scholars provides students with insights on the colonial period.

Morgan, Edmund S. Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America. Norton, 1989. How American leaders successfully limited popular power by resisting popular sovereignty.

Newcomb, Benjamin H. Political Partisanship in the American Middle Colonies, 1700-1776. Louisiana State University Press, 1995. The origins of the American party system.

Colonial Life (social)

Bailyn, Bernard. The Peopling of British North America: An Introduction. Knopf, 1985. Traces the origins and destinies of hundreds of ordinary people.

Bailyn, Bernard. Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution. Knopf, 1986. Demonstrates how America's demographic gain was Britain's loss.

Holliday, Carl. Woman's Life in Colonial Days. Dover, 1999. Draws on letters and diaries to dispel the image of the harsh life of colonial woman.

Nash, Gary B. Red, White, and Black: The Peoples of Early America. Prentice Hall, 1991, 1999. This groundbreaking study from 1974 reveals the extent to which natives and blacks were active participants in colonial life.

Norton, Mary Beth. Founding Mothers and Fathers: Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society. Knopf, 1996. Weaves theory and reality to reveal the variety of colonial life.

Reich, Jerome R. Colonial America. 4th ed. Prentice Hall, 1997. Covers economic, social, and cultural aspects of colonial life.

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For younger readers

Barrett, Tracy. Growing up in Colonial America. Millbrook, 1995. For readers in grades 4 to 6.

Burgan, Michael. Colonial and Revolutionary Times. Watts, 2003. For readers in grades 5 to 8.

Doherty, Kieran. Puritans, Pilgrims, and Merchants: Founders of the Northeastern Colonies. Oliver, 1998. History of individual colonies and biographies of their leaders. For younger readers.

Doherty, Kieran. Soldiers, Cavaliers, and Planters: Settlers of the Southeastern Colonies. Oliver, 1999. History of individual colonies and biographies of their leaders. For younger readers.

Egger-Bovet, Howard, and Marlene Smith-Baranzini. Book of the American Colonies. Little, Brown, 1995. For readers in grades 5 to 8.

Jaycox, Faith. The Colonial Era: An Eyewitness History. Facts on File, 2002. A solid reference for readers in grade 10 and up.

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