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Zusatztext “Sarah Barber’s examination of what was called the ‘torrid zone’ between Carolina and the sun-drenched islands near the equator brings what life was during the seventeenth century there in a way that is both concise and complete. This is a book will be a valuable addition to the libraries of researchers trying to construct a fuller picture of who those original settlers of Carolina were. … Barber’s book is a slim volume, but one packed with valuable information.” (Carolina Chronicles Magazine, June, 2016) Informationen zum Autor Sarah Barber is a Senior Lecturer of History at Lancaster University, UK. Klappentext This history of the 'Torrid Zone' offers a comprehensive and powerfully rich exploration of the 17th century Anglophone Atlantic world, overturning British and American historiographies and offering instead a vernacular history that skillfully negotiates diverse locations, periodizations, and the fraught waters of ethnicity and gender. Zusammenfassung This history of the 'Torrid Zone' offers a comprehensive and powerfully rich exploration of the 17th century Anglophone Atlantic world! overturning British and American historiographies and offering instead a vernacular history that skillfully negotiates diverse locations! periodizations! and the fraught waters of ethnicity and gender. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Disputation 1. Place 2. Resource 3. Connection 4. Body 5. Will Conclusion: Design
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Introduction: Disputation 1. Place 2. Resource 3. Connection 4. Body 5. Will Conclusion: Design
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"Sarah Barber's examination of what was called the 'torrid zone' between Carolina and the sun-drenched islands near the equator brings what life was during the seventeenth century there in a way that is both concise and complete. This is a book will be a valuable addition to the libraries of researchers trying to construct a fuller picture of who those original settlers of Carolina were. ... Barber's book is a slim volume, but one packed with valuable information." (Carolina Chronicles Magazine, June, 2016)
