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Seasons of misery : catastrophe and colonial settlement in Early America /

The stories we tell of American beginnings typically emphasize colonial triumph in the face of adversity. But the early years of English settlement in America were characterized by catastrophe: starvation, disease, extreme violence, ruinous ignorance, and serial abandonment. This book offers a reexa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Donegan, Kathleen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Early American studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction : unsettlement -- Roanoke : left in Virginia -- Jamestown : things that seemed incredible -- Plymouth : scarce able to bury their dead -- Barbados : wild extravagance -- Afterword : standing half-amazed. 
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