Isle of Devils, Isle of Saints - An Atlantic History of Bermuda, 16091684

"This social and cultural history of seventeenth-century Bermuda recounts the colony's development under the Virginia and Bermuda companies, with particular emphasis on how multiracial, multicultural interaction, a distinct maritime island environment, a pervasive Puritan religious culture, and thickening ties with other Anglo-American colonies created a distinctive new American-Bermudian identity. Puritanism, slavery, family tobacco farming, overcrowding, and out-migration shaped Bermuda's development and a growing network of Atlantic linkages that islanders formed that primed it to become a major maritime hub in the age of sail"--

A propos de l'auteur

Michael J. Jarvis is an associate professor of history, the director of the Smith's Island Archaeology Project, and the director of the Digital Elmina Archaeology Project at the University of Rochester. He is the author of In the Eye of All Trade: Bermuda, Bermudians, and the Maritime Atlantic World, 1680–1783.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Michael Jarvis, Michael J. Jarvis, Michael J. (University of Rochester) Jarvis
• Edition: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781421443607
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-4360-7
• Pages: 496
• Thèmes: Early America: History, Context, Culture; Early America: History, Contex
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Général, dictionnaires; Bermuda, European History, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, HISTORY / Latin America / General, History of the Americas, Early America;American colonies;colonization