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Author Zacek, Natalie

Title Settler Society in the English Leeward Islands, 1670-1776 / Natalie A. Zacek
Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 293 pages) : maps
Contents Introduction -- 1. The challenges of English settlement in the Leewards -- 2. Irish, Scots, and English -- 3. Managing religious diversity -- 4. Sex, sexuality, and social control -- 5. Political culture, cooperation, and conflict -- Conclusion
Summary "Settler Society in the English Leeward Islands, 1600-1776 is the first study of the history of the federated colony of the Leeward Islands - Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitts - that covers all four islands in the period from their independence from Barbados in 1670 up to the outbreak of the American Revolution, which reshaped the Caribbean as well as the mainland American colonies. Natalie A. Zacek emphasizes the extent to which the planters of these islands attempted to establish recognizably English societies in tropical islands based on plantation agriculture and African slavery. By examining conflicts relating to ethnicity and religion, controversies regarding sex and social order, and a series of virulent battles over the limits of local and imperial authority, this book depicts these West Indian colonists as skilled improvisers who adapted to an unfamiliar environment, and as individuals as committed as other American colonists to the norms and values of English society, politics, and culture"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject HISTORY -- General.
British colonies
Social conditions
SUBJECT Leeward Islands (West Indies) -- Social conditions -- 17th century
Leeward Islands (West Indies) -- Social conditions -- 18th century
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century
Subject America
Leeward Islands (West Indies)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010022341
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