Isle of devils, isle of saints : an Atlantic history of Bermuda, 1609-1684

Summary: "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"--

Record details

ISBN: 1421443600
ISBN: 9781421443607
ISBN: 1421443619
ISBN: 9781421443614
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 481 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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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).