03377nam 2200661 a 450 991081090090332120200520144314.01-315-65270-61-317-31386-01-317-31387-91-282-12563-X97866121256381-85196-594-710.4324/9781315652702 (CKB)1000000000754771(EBL)437341(OCoLC)404153729(SSID)ssj0000147643(PQKBManifestationID)11136446(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147643(PQKBWorkID)10015905(PQKB)11213019(MiAaPQ)EBC2126840(MiAaPQ)EBC437341(Au-PeEL)EBL437341(CaONFJC)MIL212563(UkCbUP)CR9781851965946(OCoLC)958107669(EXLCZ)99100000000075477120090428d2009 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe English empire in America, 1602-1658 beyond Jamestown /by L.H. Roper1st ed.London Pickering & Chatto20091 online resource (x, 213 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Empires in perspective ;no. 7Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).1-85196-992-6 Include bibliographical references (p. 141-201).Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Deep Background; 2. Genesis; 3. Birth Pangs; 4. Fatal and Near-fatal Attractions; 5. An Empire of 'Smoak'; 6. Some Measure of Success; Notes; Works Cited; IndexThis study situates the colonization of Virginia, the centrepiece of early English overseas settlement activity, in the social and political landscape of the early seventeenth century. Roper explores how the early development of the colony was viewed from both sides of the Atlantic, using the documentary record of key figures in the Virginia Company, as well as the colonizers themselves. He paints a vivid picture of a political culture characterized by patronage, the pursuit of personal agendas and fierce grappling for factional advantage, as 'Old World' political behaviour was successfully transplanted to the colony. At the same time however, he shows how local concerns and identity competed with the Stuart monarchy's attempts to centralize state affairs on the other side of the Atlantic. Roper rejects the prevailing view of the early colonisers, the Virginia Company and Crown ministers as bumbling incompetents whose mismanagement nearly caused the failure of the Jamestown project. Rather, he argues, they had a clear sense of purpose for the colony, and successfully adapted and crafted inherited political systems to a very new situation.Empires in perspective ;no. 7.VirginiaHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775VirginiaPolitics and governmentTo 1775975.502975.502Roper L. H(Louis H.)988889MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810900903321The English empire in America, 1602-16584048767UNINA