At Kingdom's Edge : The Suriname Struggles of Jeronimy Clifford, English Subject /

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"Jeronimy Clifford's life is used as a case study for how life in a conquered colony shaped what it meant to be English outside of England. The afterlife of Clifford's case shows the salience of his story in new contexts and the unresolved tensions about the meanings of colonial subje...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Selwood, Jacob (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Political rights > British colonies.
Colonization.
Droits politiques > Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Droits politiques > Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Political rights > Great Britain > Colonies > History > 18th century.
Political rights > Great Britain > Colonies > History > 17th century.
Citizenship > Great Britain > Colonies > History > 18th century.
Citizenship > Great Britain > Colonies > History > 17th century.
Suriname.
Suriname > Colonization > History > 18th century.
Suriname > Colonization > History > 17th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. English subjecthood at kingdom's edge
  • Creating an English Suriname (1651-1667)
  • Staying English in Dutch Suriname (1667-1687)
  • The glorious revolution in Suriname (1688-1695)
  • Colonial subjecthood in England and the Netherlands: metropolitan imperial culture and Clifford's quest for restitution (1696-1737)
  • The many afterlives of Jeronimy Clifford and the meanings of colonial English subjecthood in the eighteenth century (1737-1780).

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