LEADER 02879nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910810419203321 005 20240313200314.0 010 $a1-299-13220-0 010 $a0-8203-4580-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000330248 035 $a(EBL)1172651 035 $a(OCoLC)827235530 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000820180 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11459504 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820180 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10863249 035 $a(PQKB)10233672 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1172651 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25483 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1172651 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10654606 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL444470 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000330248 100 $a20120910d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn the rim of the Caribbean $ecolonial Georgia and the British Atlantic world /$fPaul M. Pressly 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAthens $cUniversity of Georgia Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (385 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8203-3567-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe three Georgias -- Merging planting elites -- The West Indies, cornerstone of trade -- Savannah as a "Caribbean" town -- Merchants in a Creole society -- The slave trade in creating a Black Georgia -- The making of the Lowcountry plantation -- Georgia's rice and the Atlantic world -- Retailing the "baubles of Britain" -- The trade in deerskins and rum -- Nationalizing the Lowcountry. 330 $aHow did colonial Georgia, an economic backwater in its early days, make its way into the burgeoning Caribbean and Atlantic economies where trade spilled over national boundaries, merchants operated in multiple markets, and the transport of enslaved Africans bound together four continents?. In On the Rim of the Caribbean , Paul M. Pressly interprets Georgia's place in the Atlantic world in light of recent work in transnational and economic history. He considers how a tiny elite of newly arrived merchants, adapting to local culture but loyal to a larger vision of the British empire, led the colo 606 $aPlantations$zGeorgia$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aGeorgia$xEconomic conditions$y18th century 607 $aGeorgia$xCommerce$zWest Indies, British$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aWest Indies, British$xCommerce$zGeorgia$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aGeorgia$xHistory$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775 615 0$aPlantations$xHistory 676 $a975.8/02 700 $aPressly$b Paul M$01644977 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810419203321 996 $aOn the rim of the Caribbean$93991139 997 $aUNINA