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Autore |
Jarvis Michael (Michael J.) |
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In the eye of all trade : Bermuda, Bermudians, and the maritime Atlantic world, 1680-1783 / / Michael J. Jarvis |
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[Chapel Hill, North Carolina] : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , 2010 |
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©2010 |
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ISBN |
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0-8078-9588-1 |
1-4696-0029-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (703 p.) |
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Collana |
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Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sailors - Bermuda Islands - History - 18th century |
Enslaved persons - Bermuda Islands - History - 18th century |
Seafaring life - Bermuda Islands - History - 18th century |
Shipping - Bermuda Islands - History - 18th century |
Bermuda Islands History, Naval 18th century |
Bermuda Islands Social conditions 18th century |
Bermuda Islands Commerce History 18th century |
Bermuda Islands Economic conditions 18th century |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Influence |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Economic aspects Bermuda Islands |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-649) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: In the eye of all trade : Bermuda, Bermudians, and the maritime Atlantic world, 1680-1783 -- Colonizing paradise : the Somers Islands Company and colony -- Bermuda's turn to the sea, 1685-1715 -- Bermuda's maritime economy 1 : circumatlantic shipping and smuggling, 1715-1775 -- Bermuda's maritime economy 2 : working the Atlantic commons, 1690-1775 -- A seafaring people : Bermuda's maritime society -- Maritime migration, trade, and Atlantic families -- Navigating the American Revolution -- Epilogue: From seaport to sentry post : the decline of maritime Bermuda, 1783-1820 |
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-- Conclusion: Fate, contingency, and the development of maritime America. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This title recovers a mariner's view of early America as seen through the eyes of Bermuda's seafarers. A social history of 18th century Bermuda, it profiles how one intensively maritime community capitalised on its position 'in the eye of all trade'. The book takes readers aboard small Bermudian sloops and follows white and enslaved sailors as they shuttled cargoes between ports, raked salt, harvested timber, salvaged shipwrecks, hunted whales, captured prizes, and smuggled contraband in an expansive maritime sphere spanning Great Britain's North American and Caribbean colonies. |
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