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Boisterous Sea of Liberty [[electronic resource] ] : A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War
Boisterous Sea of Liberty [[electronic resource] ] : A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War
Autore Davis David Brion
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford University Press, USA, 2000
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (607 p.)
Disciplina 973
Altri autori (Persone) MintzSteven
Soggetto topico United States - General
Regions & Countries - Americas
History & Archaeology
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-19-028346-7
0-19-972896-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART 1. FIRST ENCOUNTERS; The Meaning of America; 1. ""They have no iron or steel or weapons, nor are they capable of using them""; Utilizing the Native Labor Force; 2. ""With fifty men they can all be subjugated and made to do what is required of them""; New World Fantasies; 3. ""All slavery, and drudgery...is done by bondsmen""; Labor Needs; 4. ""This is the best land in the world for Negroes""; The Black Legend; 5. ""Under the guise of developing the country, the Christians (as they call themselves)...engaged in plunder and slaughter""
A Critique of the Slave Trade6. ""A thousand acts of robbery and violence are committed in the course of bartering and carrying off Negroes""; PART 2. EUROPEAN COLONIZATION NORTH OF MEXICO; Justifications for English Involvement in the New World; 1. ""The Kings of Spain...have rooted out above fifteen millions of reasonable creatures""; A Rationale for New World Colonization; 2. ""All...our...trades in all Europe...may...{count} for little...{compared with} America""; England's First Enduring North American Settlement
3. ""Being ready with clubs to beat out his brains, Pocahontas...got his head in her arms""Life in Early Virginia; 4. ""My brother and my wife are dead""; Race War in Virginia; 5. ""They basely and barbarously murdered, not sparing either age or sex""; Indentured Servitude; 6. ""{Virginia} is reported to be an unhealthy place, a nest of Rogues...{and} dissolute...persons""; The Shift to Slavery; 7. ""All children...shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother""; Regional Contrasts
8. ""We walked in the woods amongst wild beasts...at least 20 miles,...expecting to die""The Pilgrims Arrive in Plymouth; 9. ""In 2 or 3 months times, half of their company died""; Reasons for Puritan Immigration; 10. ""Most children...are perverted, corrupted, & utterly overthrown by the multitude of evil examples""; The Idea of the Covenant; 11. ""Some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power...others mean and in subjection""; Servitude in New England; 12. ""{Ill} reports is given of my Wyfe for beatinge the maid""; Mounting Conflict with Native Americans
13. ""For the number of our people...be in all about 4000 souls""Native Americans as Active Agents; 14. ""The Monhiggin {Mohican}...refuseth to part with his prey""; Puritan Economics; 15. Some false principles are these""; King Philip's War; 16. ""Various are the reports...of the causes of the present Indian warre""; Struggles for Power; 17. ""Take, kill, & destroy {th}e enemy without limitation of place or time""; An Indian Slave Woman Confesses to Witchcraft; 18. ""Tituba an Indian woman {was} brought before us...upon Suspicion of witchcraft""
19. ""The devil is now making one attempt more upon us""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910460779203321
Davis David Brion  
Oxford University Press, USA, 2000
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Boisterous Sea of Liberty [[electronic resource] ] : A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War
Boisterous Sea of Liberty [[electronic resource] ] : A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War
Autore Davis David Brion
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford University Press, USA, 2000
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (607 p.)
Disciplina 973
Altri autori (Persone) MintzSteven
Soggetto topico United States - General
Regions & Countries - Americas
History & Archaeology
ISBN 0-19-028346-7
0-19-972896-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART 1. FIRST ENCOUNTERS; The Meaning of America; 1. ""They have no iron or steel or weapons, nor are they capable of using them""; Utilizing the Native Labor Force; 2. ""With fifty men they can all be subjugated and made to do what is required of them""; New World Fantasies; 3. ""All slavery, and drudgery...is done by bondsmen""; Labor Needs; 4. ""This is the best land in the world for Negroes""; The Black Legend; 5. ""Under the guise of developing the country, the Christians (as they call themselves)...engaged in plunder and slaughter""
A Critique of the Slave Trade6. ""A thousand acts of robbery and violence are committed in the course of bartering and carrying off Negroes""; PART 2. EUROPEAN COLONIZATION NORTH OF MEXICO; Justifications for English Involvement in the New World; 1. ""The Kings of Spain...have rooted out above fifteen millions of reasonable creatures""; A Rationale for New World Colonization; 2. ""All...our...trades in all Europe...may...{count} for little...{compared with} America""; England's First Enduring North American Settlement
3. ""Being ready with clubs to beat out his brains, Pocahontas...got his head in her arms""Life in Early Virginia; 4. ""My brother and my wife are dead""; Race War in Virginia; 5. ""They basely and barbarously murdered, not sparing either age or sex""; Indentured Servitude; 6. ""{Virginia} is reported to be an unhealthy place, a nest of Rogues...{and} dissolute...persons""; The Shift to Slavery; 7. ""All children...shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother""; Regional Contrasts
8. ""We walked in the woods amongst wild beasts...at least 20 miles,...expecting to die""The Pilgrims Arrive in Plymouth; 9. ""In 2 or 3 months times, half of their company died""; Reasons for Puritan Immigration; 10. ""Most children...are perverted, corrupted, & utterly overthrown by the multitude of evil examples""; The Idea of the Covenant; 11. ""Some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power...others mean and in subjection""; Servitude in New England; 12. ""{Ill} reports is given of my Wyfe for beatinge the maid""; Mounting Conflict with Native Americans
13. ""For the number of our people...be in all about 4000 souls""Native Americans as Active Agents; 14. ""The Monhiggin {Mohican}...refuseth to part with his prey""; Puritan Economics; 15. Some false principles are these""; King Philip's War; 16. ""Various are the reports...of the causes of the present Indian warre""; Struggles for Power; 17. ""Take, kill, & destroy {th}e enemy without limitation of place or time""; An Indian Slave Woman Confesses to Witchcraft; 18. ""Tituba an Indian woman {was} brought before us...upon Suspicion of witchcraft""
19. ""The devil is now making one attempt more upon us""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910797763403321
Davis David Brion  
Oxford University Press, USA, 2000
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Boisterous Sea of Liberty [[electronic resource] ] : A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War
Boisterous Sea of Liberty [[electronic resource] ] : A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War
Autore Davis David Brion
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford University Press, USA, 2000
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (607 p.)
Disciplina 973
Altri autori (Persone) MintzSteven
Soggetto topico United States - General
Regions & Countries - Americas
History & Archaeology
ISBN 0-19-028346-7
0-19-972896-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART 1. FIRST ENCOUNTERS; The Meaning of America; 1. ""They have no iron or steel or weapons, nor are they capable of using them""; Utilizing the Native Labor Force; 2. ""With fifty men they can all be subjugated and made to do what is required of them""; New World Fantasies; 3. ""All slavery, and drudgery...is done by bondsmen""; Labor Needs; 4. ""This is the best land in the world for Negroes""; The Black Legend; 5. ""Under the guise of developing the country, the Christians (as they call themselves)...engaged in plunder and slaughter""
A Critique of the Slave Trade6. ""A thousand acts of robbery and violence are committed in the course of bartering and carrying off Negroes""; PART 2. EUROPEAN COLONIZATION NORTH OF MEXICO; Justifications for English Involvement in the New World; 1. ""The Kings of Spain...have rooted out above fifteen millions of reasonable creatures""; A Rationale for New World Colonization; 2. ""All...our...trades in all Europe...may...{count} for little...{compared with} America""; England's First Enduring North American Settlement
3. ""Being ready with clubs to beat out his brains, Pocahontas...got his head in her arms""Life in Early Virginia; 4. ""My brother and my wife are dead""; Race War in Virginia; 5. ""They basely and barbarously murdered, not sparing either age or sex""; Indentured Servitude; 6. ""{Virginia} is reported to be an unhealthy place, a nest of Rogues...{and} dissolute...persons""; The Shift to Slavery; 7. ""All children...shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother""; Regional Contrasts
8. ""We walked in the woods amongst wild beasts...at least 20 miles,...expecting to die""The Pilgrims Arrive in Plymouth; 9. ""In 2 or 3 months times, half of their company died""; Reasons for Puritan Immigration; 10. ""Most children...are perverted, corrupted, & utterly overthrown by the multitude of evil examples""; The Idea of the Covenant; 11. ""Some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power...others mean and in subjection""; Servitude in New England; 12. ""{Ill} reports is given of my Wyfe for beatinge the maid""; Mounting Conflict with Native Americans
13. ""For the number of our people...be in all about 4000 souls""Native Americans as Active Agents; 14. ""The Monhiggin {Mohican}...refuseth to part with his prey""; Puritan Economics; 15. Some false principles are these""; King Philip's War; 16. ""Various are the reports...of the causes of the present Indian warre""; Struggles for Power; 17. ""Take, kill, & destroy {th}e enemy without limitation of place or time""; An Indian Slave Woman Confesses to Witchcraft; 18. ""Tituba an Indian woman {was} brought before us...upon Suspicion of witchcraft""
19. ""The devil is now making one attempt more upon us""
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Davis David Brion  
Oxford University Press, USA, 2000
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Challenging the Boundaries of Slavery
Challenging the Boundaries of Slavery
Autore Davis David Brion
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Place of publication not identified], : Harvard University Press, 2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (127 p.)
Disciplina 306.3/62/0973
Collana The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures
Soggetto topico Regions & Countries - Americas
History & Archaeology
United States - General
ISBN 0-674-03025-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1 The Origins and Nature of New World Slavery -- 2 1819: Signs of a New Era -- 3 African-American Abolitionism and Southern Fears -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910454938103321
Davis David Brion  
[Place of publication not identified], : Harvard University Press, 2006
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Challenging the Boundaries of Slavery
Challenging the Boundaries of Slavery
Autore Davis David Brion
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Place of publication not identified], : Harvard University Press, 2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (127 p.)
Disciplina 306.3/62/0973
Collana The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures
Soggetto topico Regions & Countries - Americas
History & Archaeology
United States - General
ISBN 0-674-03025-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1 The Origins and Nature of New World Slavery -- 2 1819: Signs of a New Era -- 3 African-American Abolitionism and Southern Fears -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910778186203321
Davis David Brion  
[Place of publication not identified], : Harvard University Press, 2006
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Challenging the Boundaries of Slavery
Challenging the Boundaries of Slavery
Autore Davis David Brion
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Place of publication not identified], : Harvard University Press, 2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (127 p.)
Disciplina 306.3/62/0973
Collana The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures
Soggetto topico Regions & Countries - Americas
History & Archaeology
United States - General
ISBN 0-674-03025-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1 The Origins and Nature of New World Slavery -- 2 1819: Signs of a New Era -- 3 African-American Abolitionism and Southern Fears -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910821027503321
Davis David Brion  
[Place of publication not identified], : Harvard University Press, 2006
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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From homicide to slavery : studies in American culture / / David Brion Davis
From homicide to slavery : studies in American culture / / David Brion Davis
Autore Davis David Brion
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1986
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (316 p.)
Disciplina 305.8/96073/073
Soggetto topico Slavery - United States
Violence - United States - History
Slavery - United States - Historiography
National characteristics, American
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-52345-X
9786610523450
0-19-802112-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto CONTENTS; I. VIOLENCE AND VIRILITY IN AMERICAN CULTURE; 1. Murder in New Hampshire; 2. The Movement To Abolish Capital Punishment in America, 1787-1861; 3. Violence in American Literature; 4. Stress-Seeking and the Self-Made Man in American Literature, 1894-1914; II. THE REDEEMING WEST; 5. Ten-Gallon Hero; 6. The Deerslayer, A Democratic Knight of the Wilderness: Cooper, 1841; 7. Marlboro Country; 8. Secrets of the Mormons; III. PROBLEMS OF LOYALTY AND IDENTITY; 9. Patricide and Regicide
10. Some Themes of Counter-Subversion: An Analysis of Anti-Masonic, Anti-Catholic, and Anti-Mormon Literature11. Some Ideological Functions of Prejudice in Ante-Bellum America; 12. The American Family and Boundaries in Historical Perspective; IV. STUDIES IN SLAVERY AND ANTISLAVERY; 13. Slavery, and the Post-World War II Historians; 14. Of Human Bondage; 15. Out of the Shadows; 16. New Sidelights on Early Antislavery Radicalism; 17. The Emergence of Immediatism in British and American Antislavery Thought; 18. James Cropper and the British Anti-Slavery Movement
19. American Slavery and the American Revolution
Record Nr. UNINA-9910454002603321
Davis David Brion  
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1986
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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From homicide to slavery : studies in American culture / / David Brion Davis
From homicide to slavery : studies in American culture / / David Brion Davis
Autore Davis David Brion
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1986
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (316 p.)
Disciplina 305.8/96073/073
Soggetto topico Slavery - United States
Violence - United States - History
Slavery - United States - Historiography
National characteristics, American
ISBN 1-280-52345-X
9786610523450
0-19-802112-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto CONTENTS; I. VIOLENCE AND VIRILITY IN AMERICAN CULTURE; 1. Murder in New Hampshire; 2. The Movement To Abolish Capital Punishment in America, 1787-1861; 3. Violence in American Literature; 4. Stress-Seeking and the Self-Made Man in American Literature, 1894-1914; II. THE REDEEMING WEST; 5. Ten-Gallon Hero; 6. The Deerslayer, A Democratic Knight of the Wilderness: Cooper, 1841; 7. Marlboro Country; 8. Secrets of the Mormons; III. PROBLEMS OF LOYALTY AND IDENTITY; 9. Patricide and Regicide
10. Some Themes of Counter-Subversion: An Analysis of Anti-Masonic, Anti-Catholic, and Anti-Mormon Literature11. Some Ideological Functions of Prejudice in Ante-Bellum America; 12. The American Family and Boundaries in Historical Perspective; IV. STUDIES IN SLAVERY AND ANTISLAVERY; 13. Slavery, and the Post-World War II Historians; 14. Of Human Bondage; 15. Out of the Shadows; 16. New Sidelights on Early Antislavery Radicalism; 17. The Emergence of Immediatism in British and American Antislavery Thought; 18. James Cropper and the British Anti-Slavery Movement
19. American Slavery and the American Revolution
Record Nr. UNINA-9910782551603321
Davis David Brion  
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1986
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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From homicide to slavery : studies in American culture / / David Brion Davis
From homicide to slavery : studies in American culture / / David Brion Davis
Autore Davis David Brion
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1986
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (316 p.)
Disciplina 305.8/96073/073
Soggetto topico Slavery - United States
Violence - United States - History
Slavery - United States - Historiography
National characteristics, American
ISBN 1-280-52345-X
9786610523450
0-19-802112-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto CONTENTS; I. VIOLENCE AND VIRILITY IN AMERICAN CULTURE; 1. Murder in New Hampshire; 2. The Movement To Abolish Capital Punishment in America, 1787-1861; 3. Violence in American Literature; 4. Stress-Seeking and the Self-Made Man in American Literature, 1894-1914; II. THE REDEEMING WEST; 5. Ten-Gallon Hero; 6. The Deerslayer, A Democratic Knight of the Wilderness: Cooper, 1841; 7. Marlboro Country; 8. Secrets of the Mormons; III. PROBLEMS OF LOYALTY AND IDENTITY; 9. Patricide and Regicide
10. Some Themes of Counter-Subversion: An Analysis of Anti-Masonic, Anti-Catholic, and Anti-Mormon Literature11. Some Ideological Functions of Prejudice in Ante-Bellum America; 12. The American Family and Boundaries in Historical Perspective; IV. STUDIES IN SLAVERY AND ANTISLAVERY; 13. Slavery, and the Post-World War II Historians; 14. Of Human Bondage; 15. Out of the Shadows; 16. New Sidelights on Early Antislavery Radicalism; 17. The Emergence of Immediatism in British and American Antislavery Thought; 18. James Cropper and the British Anti-Slavery Movement
19. American Slavery and the American Revolution
Record Nr. UNINA-9910817298403321
Davis David Brion  
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1986
Materiale a stampa
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Homicide in American Fiction, 1798-1860 : A Study in Social Values / / David Brion Davis
Homicide in American Fiction, 1798-1860 : A Study in Social Values / / David Brion Davis
Autore Davis David Brion
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cornell University Press, 2018
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (346 pages)
Disciplina 813.209
Soggetto topico Homicide in literature
American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
Soggetto non controllato Literature: history & criticism
ISBN 1-5017-2621-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- PART ONE. Homicide and the Nature of Man -- PART TWO. The A bnormal Heart and Mind -- PART THREE. The Fundamental Motive -- PART FOUR. Homicide and Society -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Record Nr. UNINA-9910272353003321
Davis David Brion  
Cornell University Press, 2018
Materiale a stampa
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