Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Chesapeake house The Chesapeake house Carl Lounsbury,Cary Carson "For more than thirty years, the architectural research department at Colonial Williamsburg has engaged in comprehensive study of early buildings, landscapes, and social history in the Chesapeake reg… OL16715159W
American slavery American slavery Heather Andrea Williams "This short introduction to American slavery begins with the Portuguese capture of Africans in the 1400s and, drawing upon the scholarship of numerous historians as well as the analysis of primary do… OL19989692W
Indelible ink Indelible ink Richard Kluger In 1733, struggling printer John Peter Zenger scandalized colonial New York by launching the New-York Weekly Journal, which assailed the British governor as corrupt and arrogant -- a direct challenge… OL20040473W
Empire, religion and revolution in early Virginia, 1607-1786 Empire, religion and revolution in early Virginia, 1607-1786 James B. Bell "This book is a chronicle of England's contrasting imperial civil and ecclesiastical policies for its first two colonies, Ireland and Virginia. The settlement of Virginia contrasted sharply from Engl… OL23297488W