The promised land. Dreams of liberation -- The lost colony -- Idle Indian and lazy Englishman -- The Jamestown fiasco -- The persistent vision -- Boom -- A new deal. Settling down -- Living with death -- The trouble with tobacco -- A golden fleecing -- The volatile society. The losers -- Discontent -- Rebellion -- Status quo -- Slavery and freedom. Toward slavery -- Toward racism -- Toward populism -- Toward the republic
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Bibliography: pages 433-441
Notes
American Historical Association Albert A. Beveridge Award, 1976
Society of American Historians Francis Parkman Prize, 1976