Front matter -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Understanding America -- 2 Commercialising America -- 3 Dressing America -- 4 Eating America -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Encountering early America traces the many cultural influences that shaped English understandings of the Americas in the sixteenth century. The book demonstrates that the first century of English engagement with America was dynamic, adaptive and had a lasting influence on exploration and settlement in the New World
Analysis
America
Colonialism
Cultural Encounters
England
Environment
Exploration
Print Culture
Religion
Sixteenth Century
The Body
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-234) and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR platform, viewed August 2, 2023)
