Envisioning an English Empire : : Jamestown and the Making of the North Atlantic World /

Envisioning an English Empire : : Jamestown and the Making of the North Atlantic World / / ed. by John Wood Sweet, Robert Appelbaum.

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Envisioning an English Empire brings together leading historians and literary scholars to reframe our understanding of the history of Jamestown and the literature of empire that emerged from it.The founding of an English colony at Jamestown in 1607 was no isolated incident. It was one event among ma...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package American History
MitwirkendeR:
Appelbaum, Robert,
Banerjee, Pompa,
Blansett, Lisa,
Edwards, Jess,
Griffin, Eric,
Guasco, Michael J.,
Hadfield, Andrew,
Herman, Peter C.,
Horn, James,
Iwanisziw, Susan,
Jordan, Constance,
Kupperman, Karen Ordahl,
Rose, Emily,
Sweet, John Wood,
Vaughan, Alden T.,
HerausgeberIn:
Appelbaum, Robert,
Sweet, John Wood,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012]
©2005
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Early American Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.) :; 20 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction: Sea Changes
  • Part I Reading Encounters
  • 1. The Conquest Of Eden: Possession And Dominion In Early Virginia
  • 2. Powhatans Abroad: Virginia Indians In England
  • 3. John Smith Maps Virginia: Knowledge, Rhetoric, And Politics
  • 4. The Politics Of Pathos: Richard Frethorne'S Letters Home
  • Part II The World Stage
  • 5. The Specter Of Spain In John Smith'S Colonial Writing
  • 6. The White Othello: Turkey And Virginia In John Smith'S True Travels
  • 7. England, Morocco, And Global Geopolitical Upheaval
  • 8. Irish Colonies And The Americas
  • Part III American Metamorphosis
  • 9. Hunger In Early Virginia: Indians And English Facing Off Over Excess, Want, And Need
  • 10. Between ''Plain Wilderness'' And ''Goodly Corn Fields'': Representing Land Use In Early Virginia
  • 11. Settling With Slavery: Human Bondage In The Early Anglo-Atlantic World
  • 12. ''We All Smoke Here'': Behn'S The Widdow Ranter And The Invention Of American Identity
  • Conclusion: Jamestown And Its North Atlantic World
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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