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Adapting to a New World : English Society in the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake /

Often compared unfavorably with colonial New England, the early Chesapeake has been portrayed as irreligious, unstable, and violent. In this pathbreaking study, James Horn looks across the Atlantic, examining the enduring influence of English attitudes, values, and behavior on the social and cultura...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Horn, James P. P.
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, 1994.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; Illustrations and Tables; Introduction; ONE The English Context of Emigration; 1 Contrast and Diversity: The Social Origins of Chesapeake Immigrants; A Diverse Multitude: Social Characteristics; Town and Country: Geographical Origins and Migration; Poverty and Profit: Motives for Emigration; On the Margins: Forests, Heath, and Woodland; 2 English Landscapes; Gloucestershire and Emigration; Plenty and Want: The Vale of Berkeley; A "Much Diversified Country": Kent; Comparisons: Provincial and Local Cultures; TWO The Formation of Chesapeake Society.
  • 3 The Great Bay of Chesupioc"A Lande, Even as God Made It, "; White Immigration, Population, and Settlement; Tobacco and the Chesapeake Economy; Inequality and Opportunity; 4 Settling the Land; Lower Norfolk; Lancaster County; County and Parish; THREE Comparative Themes; 5 The Social Web: Family, Kinship, and Community; Sex and Marriage; Family and Inheritance; Friends and Neighbors: The Local Community; 6 Adam's Curse: Working Lives; The Necessity of Work; Earning a Living; Servants, Planters, and Merchants; 7 House and Home: The Domestic Environment; Houses, Rooms, and Room Use.
  • The World of Goods: Household PossessionsThe Material World: Poverty, Class, and Gender; 8 Order and Disorder; The Establishment of Authority; Crimes and Misdemeanors; Protest and Rebellion; 9 Inner Worlds: Religion and Popular Belief; Religion, Church, and Society; Magic and Witchcraft; 10 English Society in the New World; Index.