In addition to the suggestions offered by George and Tim, I would strongly 
recommend 

Lois Roberts
Painted in Blue: Underglaze Blue Painted Earthenwares, 1775–1810
2006 Published by the Northern Ceramic Society
http://www.northernceramicsociety.org/PublicationList.htm


By the way, you can access 

George L. Miller and Robert R. Hunter
2001 How Creamware Got the Blues: The Origins of China Glaze and Pearlware.
*Ceramics in America 2001,* 

via the Chipstone website at:    

http://www.chipstone.org/framesetsiteindexp.html