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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jarvis, Michael (Michael J.) (Author)
Corporate Author: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2010]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Slaves.
Shipping.
Seafaring life.
Sailors.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Economics.
Economic history.
Commerce.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
HISTORY > North America.
Vie en mer > Bermudes > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Esclaves > Bermudes > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Marins > Bermudes > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Shipping > Bermuda Islands > History > 18th century.
Seafaring life > Bermuda Islands > History > 18th century.
Slaves > Bermuda Islands > History > 18th century.
Sailors > Bermuda Islands > History > 18th century.
United States.
Bermuda Islands.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Revolution) > Aspect economique > Bermudes.
Bermudes > Conditions economiques > 18e siecle.
Bermudes > Commerce > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Bermudes > Conditions sociales > 18e siecle.
Bermudes > Histoire navale > 18e siecle.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Economic aspects > Bermuda Islands
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Influence.
Bermuda Islands > Economic conditions > 18th century.
Bermuda Islands > Commerce > History > 18th century.
Bermuda Islands > Social conditions > 18th century.
Bermuda Islands > History, Naval > 18th century.
Naval history.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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