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Wright Louis B (Louis Booker), <1899-1984.>
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Titolo: |
The colonial search for a southern Eden [[electronic resource] /] / by Louis B. Wright
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Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (75 p.) |
Disciplina: | 330.975/02 |
Soggetto geografico: | Southern States Economic conditions 17th century |
Great Britain Colonies America | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Three lectures delivered at the Dancy Foundation, Alabama College, Apr. 29-May 1, 1951. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Preface; Contents; 1. The Elizabthe Dream of Wealth; 2. Imperial Prosperity from Southern Plantations; 3. Eden and Utopia South of Virginia; Notes |
Sommario/riassunto: | European imperialists began to dream of other kinds of wealth besides gold in the New World Louis Booker Wright was a graduate of Wofford College, and was at various times a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow and a Benjamin Franklin Medalist, and he held honorary degrees from, among others, Princeton, Tulane, and California State University-Fulerton. He was the author of a number of books, including The Atlantic Frontier: Colonial American Civilization 1607-1763, Gold, Glory, and the Gospel: the Adventurous Lives of the Renaissance Explorers, Culture on the Mov |
Titolo autorizzato: | The colonial search for a southern Eden ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8173-8236-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910455519903321 |
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