Jamestown Colony - A Political, Social, and Cultural History

Jamestown Colony is an authoritative and thorough treatment of all aspects of life in Jamestown, the first successful British colony in the New World.Four centuries after its founding, Jamestown has become the stuff of movies, legend, and tourism. This important work treats the reality behind the legends-Pocahontas, John Rolfe, Powhatan, John Smith, and others-and puts the stories into a broader context. More than 250 A-Z entries detail the colonial strategies, military considerations, political realities, and personal privations that went into the creation of the first enduring beachhead in the British effort to colonize the New World.Based on primary sources and ongoing archaeological work, this book is the most comprehensive look at life in Jamestown. The reader will find detailed scholarship on all the familiar names along with the stories of the lesser known, told in their own words when possible. Published in the quadricentennial of Jamestown''s founding, this solid reference is an invaluable resource for the student and history buff.>

About the author

Frank E. Grizzard, Jr., is director of the Lee Family Digital Archive, an effort to create an online repository of the collected papers of the Lee Family, in Charlottesville, VA. His published works include ABC-CLIO's The Jamestown Colony.

Product details

• Authors: Frank Grizzard, Frank E. Grizzard, Frank E. Smith Grizzard, Frank E Grizzard Jr, Frank E. Grizzard Jr., Daniel Smith, Daniel Boyd Smith, Smith Daniel Boyd
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.03.2007
• EAN: 9781851096374
• ISBN: 978-1-85109-637-4
• No. of pages: 512
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Virginia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / Reference, Colonialism & imperialism, Reference works, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence