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
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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 |
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
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Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 | ||
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Seasons of misery : catastrophe and colonial settlement / / Kathleen Donegan |
Autore | Donegan Kathleen |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Collana | Early American Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Frontier and pioneer life - United States - Historiography
Frontier and pioneer life - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8122-2377-2
0-8122-0914-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Unsettlement -- Chapter 1. Roanoke: Left in Virginia -- Chapter 2. Jamestown: Things That Seemed Incredible -- Chapter 3. Plymouth: Scarce Able to Bury Their Dead -- Chapter 4. Barbados: Wild Extravagance -- Afterword: Standing Half-Amazed -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464946103321 |
Donegan Kathleen
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Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] | ||
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Seasons of misery : catastrophe and colonial settlement / / Kathleen Donegan |
Autore | Donegan Kathleen |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Collana | Early American Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Frontier and pioneer life - United States - Historiography
Frontier and pioneer life - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
American History
American Studies |
ISBN |
0-8122-2377-2
0-8122-0914-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Unsettlement -- Chapter 1. Roanoke: Left in Virginia -- Chapter 2. Jamestown: Things That Seemed Incredible -- Chapter 3. Plymouth: Scarce Able to Bury Their Dead -- Chapter 4. Barbados: Wild Extravagance -- Afterword: Standing Half-Amazed -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789470603321 |
Donegan Kathleen
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Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Seasons of misery : catastrophe and colonial settlement / / Kathleen Donegan |
Autore | Donegan Kathleen |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Collana | Early American Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Frontier and pioneer life - United States - Historiography
Frontier and pioneer life - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
American History
American Studies |
ISBN |
0-8122-2377-2
0-8122-0914-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Unsettlement -- Chapter 1. Roanoke: Left in Virginia -- Chapter 2. Jamestown: Things That Seemed Incredible -- Chapter 3. Plymouth: Scarce Able to Bury Their Dead -- Chapter 4. Barbados: Wild Extravagance -- Afterword: Standing Half-Amazed -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813366703321 |
Donegan Kathleen
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Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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