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Isle of devils, isle of saints : an Atlantic history of Bermuda, 1609-1684 / Michael J. Jarvis.
Revealing the dynamic interplay of race, gender, slavery, and environment at the dawn of English America, Jarvis's work challenges us to rethink how Europeans and Africans became distinctly American within the crucible of colonization.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781421443614
- ISBN: 1421443619
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 481 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction. A new Bermuda triangle -- Isle of Devils -- Planting a Christian commonwealth -- Bermuda : company and colony -- Becoming Bermudian : saints, slaves, and sinners -- Tobacco troubles : diversification in an expanding English Atlantic -- Clerical conflicts and civil war -- Restorations : king, company, colony -- The battle for Bermuda 1669-1684 -- Conclusion: Change and persistence in a new maritime Bermuda. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 06, 2022). |
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| Genre: | History |
