Books on Early American History and Culture, 1971-1980 : An Annotated Bibliography

Books on Early American History and Culture, 1971-1980: An Annotated Bibliography continues a series of bibliographies listing book-length works on North America and the Caribbean prior to 1815. Essential for scholars, librarians, and students of early America, the book surveys nearly 1,200 monographs, essay collections, exhibition catalogues, and reference works published between 1971 and 1980. In addition to bibliographic information each entry includes brief annotations, which describe the scope and approach to each item and the book's main thesis. Also included are lists of journals where each work has been reviewed and the number of times the book has been cited in professional literature, and the number of OCLC member libraries holding the work. In 31 thematic sections, the book covers such topics as: exploration and colonialization, Native Americans, the American Revolutionary War, the Constitution, race and slavery, gender, religion. Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Abbreviations......Page 12 1 General......Page 14 2 Historiography and Public History......Page 38 3 Geography and Exploration......Page 42 4 Colonization......Page 54 5 Maritime History......Page 60 6 Native Americans......Page 64 7 Race and Slavery......Page 76 8 Gender......Page 88 9 Ethnicity......Page 90 10 Migration......Page 92 11 Labor and Class......Page 94 12 Economics and Business......Page 98 13 Society......Page 114 14 Families and Children......Page 122 15 Rural Life and Agriculture......Page 126 16 Religion......Page 128 17 American Revolution......Page 152 18 War of 1812......Page 188 19 Constitution......Page 192 20 Politics and Government......Page 196 21 Law......Page 248 22 Crime and Punishment......Page 256 23 Diplomacy......Page 258 24 Military......Page 264 25 Ideas......Page 272 26 Literature......Page 280 27 Communication......Page 288 28 Education......Page 292 29 Science, Medicine, and Technology......Page 298 30 Visual Arts and Material Culture......Page 306 31 Performing Arts......Page 312 B......Page 316 C......Page 317 D......Page 318 F......Page 319 H......Page 320 K......Page 321 L......Page 322 N......Page 323 R......Page 324 S......Page 325 U......Page 326 Z......Page 327 A......Page 330 C......Page 331 E......Page 332 G......Page 333 L......Page 334 M......Page 335 P......Page 336 R......Page 337 T......Page 338 Y......Page 339