Colonizing paradise : landscape and empire in the British West Indies /

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"In Colonizing Paradise, historian Jefferson Dillman charts the broad spectrum of sentiments that British citizens and travelers held regarding their colonial possessions in the West Indies. Myriad fine degrees of ambivalence separated extreme views of the region as an idyllic archipelago or a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dillman, Jefferson, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2015]
Colección:Atlantic crossings.
Temas:
Landscapes > Social aspects > West Indies, British > History.
Landscapes > Political aspects > West Indies, British > History.
Landscapes > West Indies, British > Psychological aspects > History.
British > West Indies, British > Attitudes > History.
Imperialism > Social aspects > West Indies, British > History.
Public opinion > Great Britain > History.
Paysages > Aspect social > Antilles britanniques > Histoire.
Paysages > Aspect politique > Antilles britanniques > Histoire.
Paysages > Antilles britanniques > Aspect psychologique > Histoire.
Britanniques > Antilles britanniques > Attitudes > Histoire.
Impérialisme > Aspect social > Antilles britanniques > Histoire.
Opinion publique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
British > Attitudes.
Colonization > Social aspects.
Imperialism > Social aspects.
International relations.
Landscapes > Political aspects.
Landscapes > Psychological aspects.
Landscapes > Social aspects.
Public opinion.
Public opinion, British.
West Indies, British > Colonization > Social aspects.
West Indies, British > Foreign public opinion, British.
West Indies, British > Relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Relations > West Indies, British.
Great Britain.
West Indies > British West Indies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Discovered Landscape : Iberians in the New World
  • 2. The Colonial Paradise : English Encounters with the New World
  • 3. The Lawless Landscape : Early English Colonial Experiences
  • 4. The Recovered Landscape : Cataloging and Ordering the British West Indies
  • 5. The Rural Landscape : The Pastoral, Picturesque, and Tropical
  • The Tropics : An Epilogue.

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