Essays on Northeastern North America, 17th & 18th Centuries / / John G. Reid.

In examining the history of northeastern North America in the seventeenth and eighteen centuries, it is important to take into account diverse influences and experiences. Not only was the relationship between native inhabitants and colonial settlers a defining characteristic of Acadia/Nova Scotia an...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
Maps --
1. Introduction --
Part one: Colonial Habitation --
2. Sir William Alexander and North American Colonization --
3. Environment and Colonization Styles in Early Acadia and Maine --
4. The 'Lost Colony' of New Scotland and Its Successors, to 1670 --
Part two: Imperial Exchange --
5. 'The best Conditioned Gentleman in the World'? Verbal and Physical Abuse in the Behaviour of Sir William Phips (with Emerson W. Baker) --
6. The Conquest of 'Nova Scotia': Cartographic Imperialism and the Echoes of a Scottish Past --
7. Imperialism, Diplomacies, and the Conquest of Port Royal, 1710 --
Part three: Aboriginal Engagement --
8. Amerindian Power in the Early Modern Northeast: A Reappraisal (with Emerson W. Baker) --
9. The Sakamow's Discourtesy and the Governor's Anger: Negotiated Imperialism and the Arrowsic Conference, 1717 --
10. Pax Britannica or Pax Indigena? Planter Nova Scotia (1760-1782) and Competing Strategies of Pacification --
Part four: Commemoration --
11. Chronologies, Counterfactuals, Trajectories, and Encounter 1604 --
12. Champlain: Longevity and Commemoration --
13. Reflections on Seventeenth-Century Acadia --
14. Epilogue --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index
Summary:In examining the history of northeastern North America in the seventeenth and eighteen centuries, it is important to take into account diverse influences and experiences. Not only was the relationship between native inhabitants and colonial settlers a defining characteristic of Acadia/Nova Scotia and New England in this era, but it was also a relationship shaped by wider continental and oceanic connections. The essays in this volume deal with topics such as colonial habitation, imperial exchange, and aboriginal engagement, all of which were pervasive phenomena of the time. John G. Reid argues that these were complicated processes that interacted freely with one another, shaping the human experience at different times and places. Northeastern North America was an arena of distinctive complexities in the early modern period, and this collection uses it as an example of a manageable and logical basis for historical study. Reid also explores the significance of anniversary observances and commemorations that have served as vehicles of reflection on the lasting implications of historical developments in the early modern period. These and other insights amount to a fresh perspective on the region and offer a deeper understanding of North American history.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781442688032
9783110667691
9783110490954
DOI:10.3138/9781442688032
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: John G. Reid.