The American Colonies Revisited

Abstract

Kenneth Coleman. Colonial Georgia: A History. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. 331 + xvii pp. Joseph E. Illick. Colonial Pennsylvania: A History. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. 359 + xix pp. Sydney V James. Colonial Rhode Island: A History. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975.423 + xviii pp. Michael Kammen. Colonial New York: A History. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. 409 + xix pp. Hugh T. Lefler and William S. Powell. Colonial North Carolina: A History. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973.318 + xvi pp. Robert J. Taylor. Colonial Connecticut: A History. New York: KTO Press, 1979. 285 + xvi pp. A cynic might be forgiven for assuming that America's Bicentennial cele- brations—which included such bizarre events as Mayor Rizzo of Philadelphia feting the Queen of England—would not encourage the production of any serious scholarship. Among the detritus of national celebration, however, one exceptional scholastic enterprise will deservedly endure: the Scribner's and KTO "History of the American Colonies" in thirteen volumes, six of which are under consideration here.