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Ashley, Leonard R.N. Elizabethan Popular Culture. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1988.
Covers a wide range of topics describing social culture of Elizabethan England. Topics touch upon music, literature, stage and drama, social conventions, cultural mannerisms, etc. Is more an academic portrayal of the Elizabethan "mentality" than a portrait of "day-to-day" life in 16th century England.Bennett, Charles. Settlement of Florida. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1968.
Excellent in-depth historical analysis discussing the motivations of early Spanish colonizers in St. Augustine.Brebner, John Bartlett. The Explorers of North America, 1492-1806. New York: World, 1933.
Offered background information used in lecture notes about the course of exploration and colonization.Bridenbaugh, Carl. Jamestown, 1544-1699. New York: Oxford University Press, 1980.
A concise, well-contained source on the Jamestown colony and city during the "Critical Period." Centers on the establishment, problematic growth and diffusion of the settlement. Also contains chapters on key hisotrical figures--Pocahontas, John Rolfe, John Smith-- and those historical events --"starving time", native uprisings, and Bacon's Rebellion--which posed significant challenges to the success of the colony.Brinkley, Alan. The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1993.
A comprehensive, one-volume coverage of the breadth of American history. Serves as great introduction and reference tool, as well as presents broad readings to place specific topics within the context of their historical background.Brown, Richard. Massachusetts: A Bicentennial History. New York: W. W. Norton, 1978.
Contained useful chapter on the reasons for the Pilgrim migration and their initial hardships in America, which were reflected in lecture outline.Chief Roy Crazy Horse. "The Pocahontas Myth" @ http://www.powhatan.org/pocc.html
Attempts to shed historical insight into the validity of the Pocahontas Myth. Also contains a short commentary on the "Euro-American" popularization of the tale, especially its manifestation in the popular 1995 Disney film.Dabney, Virginius. Virginia: The New Dominion. Charlottesville:The University Press of Virgina, 1992.
A comprehensive, one-volume account of the history of Commonwealth. Begins with the founding of Jamestown, and traces the growth and development of Virginia through time. Level of detail is cursory and topical, and is more likely to serve as an introduction to a specific area of Virginia history than an in-depth analysis.Daniel, J.R.V. A Hornbook of Virginia History. Richmond: The Division of History of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Development.
This book contains all sorts of information about Virginia, including a couple chapters that detail a brief history of Virginia, including the early settlements and expansion.Davies, K.G. The North Atlantic World in the Seventeenth Century. Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, 1974.
Discusses the colonization efforts of the seventeenth century, focusing on the movement of people and the types of settlements which they established. Also deals with the impact of the settlers on the Indians and West Africans.Gill, Crispin. Mayflower Remembered. New York: Taplinger, 1970.
Provided background information used to construct lecture notes.Goshal, Kuman. People in Colonies. New York: Sheridan House, 1948.
Included details on British rule in India used in Bengal lesson background notes.Gritzer, Charles F. Exploring Our World, Past and Present. Lexington: D.C. Heath and Company, 1991.
This is a textbook that focuses on various world cultures. Discusses Indian societies, as well as the colonial empires and their settlements in the New World.Jacobs, Wilder, Ludlum, and Brown. America's Story. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1990.
Johnson Frank E. U.S. Historic Documents, ìInstructions for the Virginia Colony, 1606.
î http://www.mnu.edu/us_docs/usdocs.txt/virginia_instructions.html. Used in Colonization of North America to compare British motivations for colonization with the Spanish and French.Kupperman, Karen O. Captain John Smith: A Select Edition of His Writings. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1988.
Semi-biographical portrayal of the "historical" character of John Smith. Provides a collection of primary sources, many taken from his Generall Historie of Virginia. Primary accounts center chiefly on the founding and establishment of the Jamestown colony, the ensuing hardships, perceptions of and relations with the native tribes (and detailed accounts of affairs with the Powhatan), and correspondence with various figures in the settlement.Lemay, J.A. Leo. Did Pocahontas Save John Smith? Athens, Ga: University of Georgia Press, 1992.
Lyon, Eugene. The Enterprise of Florida: Pedro Menendez de Aviles and the Spansih Conquest of 1565-1568. Gainesville: The University of Florida Press, 1976.
Contained letters from Pedro Menendez de Aviles to the King of Spain and brief background history.Manucy, Albert. Sixteenth-Century St. Augustine. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1997.
Though focused on architecture, this book contained valuable background historical information about St. Augustine.McCary, Ben C. Indians in Seventeenth Century Virginia. Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1992.
Thorough, well-detailed portrait of the various tribes inhabiting Virginia upon the arrival of the English. Chapters include in-depth descriptions of religion, culture, rituals, tribal beliefs, daily life, customs, government, etc.Moorhouse, Geoffrey. India Brittanica. New York: Harper & Row,1983.
Main source of background information on the motivations for and course of British colonization in India.Morenus, David. "The Real Pocahontas" @ http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/1001/poca.html
Brief essay revealing the "historic" Pocahontas. Provides a detailed analysis of the film, highlighting those elements which correlate with "history," and those that correlate with "fiction." Addresses what is "known" about the figures of John Smith, Pocahontas, and Chief Powhatan.Morgan, Edmund S. American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1975.
Mossiker, Frances. Pocahontas: The Life and the Legend. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976.
Biographical work spanning the life of the Powhatan princess; provides exahustive detail on events in her life before and after the colonization of Virginia.Nowell,Charles. The Great Discoveries and the First Colonial Empires. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1954.
A general history of the first European colonization efforts, discussing the exploration and "great discoveries" in the New World. Discusses Portugese, Spanish, French, Dutch, and English colonies. Reviews the early history of the Jamestown colony.Parry, J.H. The Age of Reconnaissance. New York: Praegar Publishing, 1963.
Tells the story of European geographical exploration, discusses trade, settlement, and the factors that encourage expansion, and deals with the relationships between conquerors and conquered.------The Establishment of European Hegemony, 1415-1715. New York: Harper & Row, 1963.
Discusses the establishment of empires, comparing different economic goals that empires pursued. Deals with the theory of empires and compares rival empires in colonial America.Priestley, Herbert. The Coming of the White Man. Chicago: Quadrangle, 1929.
The book detailed motivations for Spanish and French convergence on North America and analyzed division of territory.Rountree, Helen C. The Powhatan Indians of Virginia: Their Traditional Culture. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989.
Focuses primarily upon the Powhatan tribe in Virginia, although it is placed within the context of the native tribes inhabiting the Mid-Atlantic region. Presents aspects of culture, government, religion, and society, as well as describes the development of the Powahatn Confederacy and the encounter with Europeans.Rozwenc, Edwin C. "Captain John Smith's Image of America." The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 16, no. 1, Jan. 1959.
Smith, John. The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England & the summer Isles, together with the True Travels, adventures, and observations, and a sea grammar. Vol I. London: Michael Sparkes, 1624.
This is a biased account of Jamestown which contained the story of John Smith and Pocahontas, as well as Smithís opinions about Native Americans and information about the original colonists.Vaughan, Alden T. "Expulsion of the Savages: English Policy and the Virginia Massacre of 1622." William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Series, Vol. 35, no. 1, Jan. 1978, pp. 57-84.
Reviews English attitudes and policy toward the Indians of Virginia, especially how that policy changed after the massacre of 1622.Wesley, Frank Craven. "Indian Policy in Early Virginia." William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Series, Vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1944, pp. 65-82.
Williams, David A. History HS-21, Colonial Virginia. Charlottesville: Division of Extension and General Studies, 1960.
A general, comprehensive history describing the founding, development, frustrations, and ideals of the Jamestown colony.Woodward, Grace Steele. Pocahontas. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969.
Biographical sketch of Pocahontas, encompassing her relationship with the English colonists and her traditional background. An academic work, it touches upon key events in her life in a scholarly fashion.
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