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PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press

ISBN-101469652013

ISBN-139781469652016

eBay Product ID (ePID)13038683824

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Number of Pages336 Pages

Publication NameVirginia 1619 : Slavery and Freedom in the Making of English America

LanguageEnglish

SubjectSlavery, United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Political Ideologies / Democracy, Essays, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

Publication Year2019

TypeTextbook

AuthorPeter C. Mancall

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, History

SeriesPublished by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight8 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2018-058603

ReviewsThe essays in this volume range from very good to excellent . . . this collection of outstanding essays serves as a reminder that the study of economic and political elites continues to dominate the way we think and write about the past."-- The Journal of Southern History, A rich collection of essays. . . . This book will attract attention for many reasons, not the least of which because, four centuries later, Americans are as interested as ever in grappling with the shadows cast by the institutions that took root in Jamestown in 1619.-- Early American Literature, Timely, fresh, and engaging. . . . Each chapter is lucid and compelling, reflecting the careful analysis of diverse and difficult archival materials.-- H-Net Reviews, The contributors to this impressive collection of essays share several common goals: to place the reforms of 1619 within an early modern intellectual context and to define Virginia as a laboratory for the social theories and colonization schemes that arose from such a context."-- Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, "Timely, fresh, and engaging. . . . Each chapter is lucid and compelling, reflecting the careful analysis of diverse and difficult archival materials."-- H-Net Reviews, The essays in this volume range from very good to excellent...this collection of outstanding essays serves as a reminder that the study of economic and political elites continues to dominate the way we think and write about the past." -- The Journal of Southern History, "The essays in this volume range from very good to excellent . . . this collection of outstanding essays serves as a reminder that the study of economic and political elites continues to dominate the way we think and write about the past."-- The Journal of Southern History, "A rich collection of essays. . . . This book will attract attention for many reasons, not the least of which because, four centuries later, Americans are as interested as ever in grappling with the shadows cast by the institutions that took root in Jamestown in 1619."-- Early American Literature, Timely, fresh, and engaging. . . . Each chapter is lucid and compelling, reflecting the careful analysis of diverse and difficult archival materials."-- H-Net Reviews, A rich collection of essays. . . . This book will attract attention for many reasons, not the least of which because, four centuries later, Americans are as interested as ever in grappling with the shadows cast by the institutions that took root in Jamestown in 1619."-- Early American Literature, Timely, fresh, and engaging. . . . Each chapter is lucid and compelling, reflecting the careful analysis of diverse and difficult archival materials." -- H-Net Reviews, The contributors to this impressive collection of essays share several common goals: to place the reforms of 1619 within an early modern intellectual context and to define Virginia as a laboratory for the social theories and colonization schemes that arose from such a context.-- Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, "The contributors to this impressive collection of essays share several common goals: to place the reforms of 1619 within an early modern intellectual context and to define Virginia as a laboratory for the social theories and colonization schemes that arose from such a context."-- Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, The essays in this volume range from very good to excellent...this collection of outstanding essays serves as a reminder that the study of economic and political elites continues to dominate the way we think and write about the past." - The Journal of Southern History, A rich collection of essays. . . . This book will attract attention for many reasons, not the least of which because, four centuries later, Americans are as interested as ever in grappling with the shadows cast by the institutions that took root in Jamestown in 1619." -- Early American Literature, The contributors to this impressive collection of essays share several common goals: to place the reforms of 1619 within an early modern intellectual context and to define Virginia as a laboratory for the social theories and colonization schemes that arose from such a context." -- Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, The essays in this volume range from very good to excellent . . . this collection of outstanding essays serves as a reminder that the study of economic and political elites continues to dominate the way we think and write about the past.-- The Journal of Southern History

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal975.501

SynopsisVirginia 1619 provides an opportunity to reflect on the origins of English colonialism around the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic world. As the essays here demonstrate, Anglo-Americans have been simultaneously experimenting with representative government and struggling with the corrosive legacy of racial thinking for more than four centuries. Virginia, contrary to popular stereotypes, was not the product of thoughtless, greedy, or impatient English colonists. Instead, the emergence of stable English Atlantic colonies reflected the deliberate efforts of an array of actors to establish new societies based on their ideas about commonwealth, commerce, and colonialism. Looking back from 2019, we can understand that what happened on the shores of the Chesapeake four hundred years ago was no accident. Slavery and freedom were born together as migrants and English officials figured out how to make this colony succeed. They did so in the face of rival ventures and while struggling to survive in a dangerous environment. Three hallmarks of English America -- self-government, slavery, and native dispossession -- took shape as everyone contested the future of empire along the James River in 1619. The contributors are Nicholas Canny, Misha Ewen, Andrew Fitzmaurice, Jack P. Greene, Paul D. Halliday, Alexander B. Haskell, James Horn, Michael J. Jarvis, Peter C. Mancall, Philip D. Morgan, Melissa N. Morris, Paul Musselwhite, James D. Rice, and Lauren Working., Virginia 1619 provides an opportunity to reflect on the origins of English colonialism around the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic world. As the essays here demonstrate, Anglo-Americans have been simultaneously experimenting with representative government and struggling with the corrosive legacy of racial thinking for more than four centuries. Virginia, contrary to popular stereotypes, was not the product of thoughtless, greedy, or impatient English colonists. Instead, the emergence of stable English Atlantic colonies reflected the deliberate efforts of an array of actors to establish new societies based on their ideas about commonwealth, commerce, and colonialism. Looking back from 2019, we can understand that what happened on the shores of the Chesapeake four hundred years ago was no accident. Slavery and freedom were born together as migrants and English officials figured out how to make this colony succeed. They did so in the face of rival ventures and while struggling to survive in a dangerous environment. Three hallmarks of English America -- self-government, slavery, and native dispossession -- took shape as everyone contested the future of empire along the James River in 1619.The contributors are Nicholas Canny, Misha Ewen, Andrew Fitzmaurice, Jack P. Greene, Paul D. Halliday, Alexander B. Haskell, James Horn, Michael J. Jarvis, Peter C. Mancall, Philip D. Morgan, Melissa N. Morris, Paul Musselwhite, James D. Rice, and Lauren Working., Virginia 1619 provides an opportunity to reflect on the origins of English colonialism around the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic world. As the essays here demonstrate, Anglo-Americans have been simultaneously experimenting with representative government and struggling with the corrosive legacy of racial thinking for more than four centuries. Virginia, contrary to popular stereotypes, was not the product of thoughtless, greedy, or impatient English colonists. Instead, the emergence of stable English Atlantic colonies reflected the deliberate efforts of an array of actors to establish new societies based on their ideas about commonwealth, commerce, and colonialism. Looking back from 2019, we can understand that what happened on the shores of the Chesapeake four hundred years ago was no accident. Slavery and freedom were born together as migrants and English officials figured out how to make this colony succeed. They did so in the face of rival ventures and while struggling to survive in a dangerous environment. Three hallmarks of English America--self-government, slavery, and native dispossession--took shape as everyone contested the future of empire along the James River in 1619. The contributors are Nicholas Canny, Misha Ewen, Andrew Fitzmaurice, Jack P. Greene, Paul D. Halliday, Alexander B. Haskell, James Horn, Michael J. Jarvis, Peter C. Mancall, Philip D. Morgan, Melissa N. Morris, Paul Musselwhite, James D. Rice, and Lauren Working., Provides an opportunity to reflect on the origins of English colonialism around the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic world. As the essays here demonstrate, Anglo-Americans have been simultaneously experimenting with representative government and struggling with the corrosive legacy of racial thinking for more than four centuries.

LC Classification NumberF229.V835 2019