Jack P. Greene is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities at the Johns Hopkins University. Among his many books on colonial America are The Quest for Power and The Reinterpretation of the American Revolution. J. R. Pole is Rhodes Professor of American History and Institutions at Oxford University. His best-known books include Political Representation in England and the Origins of the American Republic and The Pursuit of Equality in American History.

Colonial British America is a tour de force... It both summarizes and advances our understanding of early modern British America. -- E. Wayne Carp Journal of Southern History The study of colonial British America has made enormous progress in recent decades. Many of those who have contributed substantially to this advance here assess the changes for which they can claim responsibility, and no major historian escapes mention and discussion. -- Peter Marshall Times Literary Supplement

• List of TablesPrefaceChapter 1. Reconstructing British-American Colonial History: An IntroductionChapter 2. The Transatlantic EconomyChapter 3. The Domestic EconomyChapter 4. Spatial Order: Households in Local Communities and RegionsChapter 5. Demographic Development and Family StructureChapter 6. Servants and Slaves: The Recruitment and Employment of LaborChapter 7. Creative Adaptions: Peoples and CulturesChapter 8. Social DevelopmentChapter 9. Wealth and Social StructureChapter 10. Value and SocietyChapter 11. Religion and Society: Problems and ReconsiderationsChapter 12. American High-Style and Vernacular CulsturesChapter 13. The International and Imperial ContextChapter 14. Political DevelopmentChapter 15. The Problem of a Colonial Legal HistoryNotes on the ContributorsIndex