Michael M. Brescia is Curator of Ethnohistory in the Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona where he also has faculty affiliations with the Department of History and the James E. Rogers College of Law. John C. Super is Professor Emeritus of History at West Virginia University. He is the co-author (with Briane K. Turley) of Religion in World History (Routledge, 2005) and (University of New Mexico Press, 1988).

How does one even begin to write a survey of the history of North America? Not only does any large unit of analysis contain local patterns that defy generalization, but there are also three strong 'exceptionalist' national historiographies to contend with. [...] However, the authors were not daunted, and neither was their Canadian publisher. The result is a good starting point for what may one day become a new trend in the teaching of history in three different countries. - The Canadian Historical Review

• Preface A Note on TerminologyList of MapsI. Convergence and DivergenceII. Contours of the PastIII. Regions and ResourcesIV. Politics and PowerV. Continental DiplomacyVI. Indians and EuropeansVII. ImmigrationVIII. Labor and ClassIX. Trade and TariffsX. Church, State, and SocietyXI. Structures of the PastBibliographyIndex

Michael M. Brescia is Curator of Ethnohistory in the Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona where he also has faculty affiliations with the Department of History and the James E. Rogers College of Law. John C. Super is Professor Emeritus of History at West Virginia University. He is the co-author (with Briane K. Turley) of Religion in World History (Routledge, 2005) and (University of New Mexico Press, 1988).

How does one even begin to write a survey of the history of North America? Not only does any large unit of analysis contain local patterns that defy generalization, but there are also three strong 'exceptionalist' national historiographies to contend with. [...] However, the authors were not daunted, and neither was their Canadian publisher. The result is a good starting point for what may one day become a new trend in the teaching of history in three different countries. - The Canadian Historical Review

• Preface A Note on TerminologyList of MapsI. Convergence and DivergenceII. Contours of the PastIII. Regions and ResourcesIV. Politics and PowerV. Continental DiplomacyVI. Indians and EuropeansVII. ImmigrationVIII. Labor and ClassIX. Trade and TariffsX. Church, State, and SocietyXI. Structures of the PastBibliographyIndex

Michael M. Brescia is Curator of Ethnohistory in the Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona where he also has faculty affiliations with the Department of History and the James E. Rogers College of Law. John C. Super is Professor Emeritus of History at West Virginia University. He is the co-author (with Briane K. Turley) of Religion in World History (Routledge, 2005) and (University of New Mexico Press, 1988).

How does one even begin to write a survey of the history of North America? Not only does any large unit of analysis contain local patterns that defy generalization, but there are also three strong 'exceptionalist' national historiographies to contend with. [...] However, the authors were not daunted, and neither was their Canadian publisher. The result is a good starting point for what may one day become a new trend in the teaching of history in three different countries. - The Canadian Historical Review

• Preface A Note on TerminologyList of MapsI. Convergence and DivergenceII. Contours of the PastIII. Regions and ResourcesIV. Politics and PowerV. Continental DiplomacyVI. Indians and EuropeansVII. ImmigrationVIII. Labor and ClassIX. Trade and TariffsX. Church, State, and SocietyXI. Structures of the PastBibliographyIndex