In the eye of all trade : Bermuda, Bermudians, and the maritime Atlantic world, 1680-1783 /

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The first social history of eighteenth-century Bermuda, this book profiles how one especially intensive maritime community capitalized on its position "in the eye of all trade." Jarvis takes readers aboard small Bermudian sloops as they shuttled cargoes between ports, raked salt, salvaged...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jarvis, Michael (Michael J.) (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2010]
Colección:Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Temas:
1700-1799
Sailors > Bermuda Islands > History > 18th century.
Enslaved persons > Bermuda Islands > History > 18th century.
Seafaring life > Bermuda Islands > History > 18th century.
Shipping > Bermuda Islands > History > 18th century.
Marins > Bermudes > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Esclaves > Bermudes > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Vie en mer > Bermudes > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > North America.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Commerce
Economic history
Economics
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Sailors
Seafaring life
Shipping
Enslaved persons
Social conditions
Bermuda Islands > History, Naval > 18th century.
Bermuda Islands > Social conditions > 18th century.
Bermuda Islands > Commerce > History > 18th century.
Bermuda Islands > Economic conditions > 18th century.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Influence.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Economic aspects > Bermuda Islands.
Bermudes > Histoire navale > 18e siècle.
Bermudes > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
Bermudes > Commerce > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Bermudes > Conditions économiques > 18e siècle.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Aspect économique > Bermudes.
Bermuda Islands
United States
History
Naval history
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: In the eye of all trade : Bermuda, Bermudians, and the maritime Atlantic world, 1680-1783
  • Colonizing paradise : the Somers Islands Company and colony
  • Bermuda's turn to the sea, 1685-1715
  • Bermuda's maritime economy 1 : circumatlantic shipping and smuggling, 1715-1775
  • Bermuda's maritime economy 2 : working the Atlantic commons, 1690-1775
  • A seafaring people : Bermuda's maritime society
  • Maritime migration, trade, and Atlantic families
  • Navigating the American Revolution
  • Epilogue: From seaport to sentry post : the decline of maritime Bermuda, 1783-1820
  • Conclusion: Fate, contingency, and the development of maritime America.

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