Settler Society in the English Leeward Islands, 1670-1776 / Natalie A. Zacek.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 293 pages) : mapsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781139042147
- 1139042149
- 9781283052009
- 1283052008
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- 9781139035910
- 1107203902
- 9781107203907
- 9786613052001
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- Leeward Islands (West Indies) -- Social conditions -- 17th century
- Leeward Islands (West Indies) -- Social conditions -- 18th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century
- Leeward Islands (Antilles) -- Conditions sociales -- 17e siècle
- Leeward Islands (Antilles) -- Conditions sociales -- 18e siècle
- Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Amérique -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Amérique -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- HISTORY -- General
- British colonies
- Social conditions
- America
- Leeward Islands (West Indies)
- 1600-1799
- 972.97 22
- F2131 .Z33 2010eb
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"Settler Society in the English Leeward Islands, 1600-1776 is the first study of the history of the federated colony of the Leeward Islands - Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitts - that covers all four islands in the period from their independence from Barbados in 1670 up to the outbreak of the American Revolution, which reshaped the Caribbean as well as the mainland American colonies. Natalie A. Zacek emphasizes the extent to which the planters of these islands attempted to establish recognizably English societies in tropical islands based on plantation agriculture and African slavery. By examining conflicts relating to ethnicity and religion, controversies regarding sex and social order, and a series of virulent battles over the limits of local and imperial authority, this book depicts these West Indian colonists as skilled improvisers who adapted to an unfamiliar environment, and as individuals as committed as other American colonists to the norms and values of English society, politics, and culture"--Provided by publisher
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 1. The challenges of English settlement in the Leewards -- 2. Irish, Scots, and English -- 3. Managing religious diversity -- 4. Sex, sexuality, and social control -- 5. Political culture, cooperation, and conflict -- Conclusion.
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