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Colonial History Books

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
John Adams
Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Sailors, Settlers & Sinners: The Hall Family in Hull and New Zealand, 1795-1907
1776
Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 - 1766
American Colonies: The Settling of North America
The Wretched of the Earth
The Witches: Salem, 1692
Alexander Hamilton
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life
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Reasonable Doubt by Peter MansoMortal Remains by Henry ScammellIn His Garden by Leo DamoreThe Boston Strangler by Gerold FrankMaximum Harm by Michele R. McPhee
Massachusetts Murders
60 books — 12 voters
Mayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickRoger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul by John M. BarryMaking Haste from Babylon by Nick BunkerThe Name of War by Jill LeporeKing Philip's War by Eric B. Schultz
Puritans (nonfiction)
117 books — 12 voters

American Freethought by David HoffmanJane Austen by Laura DabundoThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Five by Hallie Rubenhold
History Written by Women (Non-Fiction)
130 books — 18 voters
Salem Possessed by Paul S. BoyerIn the Devil's Snare by Mary Beth NortonThe Devil in Massachusetts by Marion L. StarkeyThe Wonders Of The Invisible World by Cotton MatherSalem-Village Witchcraft by Paul S. Boyer
Salem Witch Trial (nonfiction)
28 books — 9 voters

Islanders in the Stream by Michael CratonIslanders in the Stream by Michael CratonStory of the Bahamas by Paul AlburyPindling by Michael CratonThe Bahamas in slavery and freedom by Howard Johnson
Required Reading: Bahamian History
21 books — 3 voters
John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTruman by David McCulloughThe Path Between the Seas by David McCulloughThe Great Bridge by David McCullough
David McCullough Titles
11 books — 34 voters

Quotes Tagged “Colonial History”

Abhijit Naskar
“ 9/11 destroyed two bustling buildings, Mayflower destroyed a living continent. ”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations
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Abhijit Naskar
“ In western narrative, isolation is liberation, the elderly is inconvenient, apathy is aesthetic - invasion is ambition, exploitation is exploration, indifference is etiquette, appropriation is innovation. ”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace
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Videos Tagged “Colonial History”

Black Cattle Book Promo
Black Cattle Book Promo
Julian Leatherdale at Elizabeth Bay House
Julian Leatherdale at Elizabeth Bay House
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Groups Tagged "Colonial History"

Sanjay Bahadur hosts a Q&A ...October 19, 2013 to October 20, 2013...
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This is the zone for discussions related to the big theme of colonial histories and colonial leg…more
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