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Virginia DeJohn Anderson, Creatures of Empire (2004). Explores the significance of animal domestication in early New England and Chesapeake colonies.
Kathleen Brown, Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs (1996). Examines the interrelationship of gender and race in early Virginia.
Alfred W. Crosby, Ecological Imperialism (1986). Introduces the term neo-Europes and asks why there are so many of them.
Jenny Hale Pulsipher, Subjects unto the Same King (2005). Considers the multifaceted contest for power in seventeenth-century New England.
“The Plymouth Colony Archive Project” (histarch.uiuc.edu/plymouth/). A rich array of fully searchable texts and material culture resources.
“Salem Witch Trials” (etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/home.html). Extensive materials on the Salem witchcraft trials, including a fascinating interactive map feature.