Books on Early American History and Culture, 2001-2005: An Annotated Bibliography

This volume offers a complete listing and description of books published on early America between 2001 and 2005.

An extraordinary research tool, Books on Early American History and Culture, 2001-2005: An Annotated Bibliography is part of a series listing materials on the history of North America and the Caribbean from 1492 to 1815. This volume includes monographs, reference works, exhibition catalogs, and essay collections published between 2001 and 2005.

Each entry provides the name of the work, its author(s) or editor(s), publisher, date of publication, ISBN and/or OCLC number(s), and the Library of Congress call number. Following each detailed citation, there is a brief summary of the work and a list of journals in which it has been reviewed. Organized thematically, the book covers, among many other topics, exploration and colonization; maritime history; environment; Native Americans; race, gender, and ethnicity; migration; labor and class; business; families; religion; material culture; science; education; politics; and military affairs.

The book is organized thematically to facilitate research

Extensive author indexes and guides to important works for the time period are provided

The most important books in each subject (e.g., gender, politics) are enumerated based on frequency of citation