Index

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Prologue: Layered Pasts 1
4. Progenitors
5. 1. Legacies of Power from Medieval North America 9
6. 2. Legacies of Conquest from Medieval Europe 37
7. Conquistadores
8. 3. Crusades of the Christ-Bearers to the Americas 65
9. 4. Crusades of the Protestants to New Worlds 88
10. Traders
11. 5. Native Americans and the Power of Trade 119
12. 6. Epidemics, War, and the Remapping of a Continent 143
13. Planters
14. 7. Searching for Order in New and Old England 169
15. 8. Planting Patriarchy in New England and Virginia 187
16. 9. Dutch, French, Spanish, and English Counterpoints 212
17. Imperialists
18. 10. Monarchical Power Reborn 239
19. 11. Planters Besieged 265
20. 12. Revolution, War, and a New Transatlantic Order 295
21. Atlanteans
22. 13. Producing and Consuming in an Atlantic Empire 325
23. 14. People in Motion, Enslaved and Free 346
24. 15. Contending for a Continent 369
25. 16. Gloomy and Dark Days 388
26. Epilogue: Present Pasts 417
27. Notes 425
28. Further Reading 450
29. Credits for Illustrations 462
30. Acknowledgments 470
31. Index 473