Description |
1 online resource (xv, 259 pages) : illustrations |
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Early American places |
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Early American places.
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Contents |
"An Heathenishe Brutish and an uncertaine and dangerous kind of People" : figuring difference in the early English Atlantic -- "An exact account of the number of persons upon the island" : enumeration, improvement, and control -- "To live in perpetuall noise and hurry" : creating communities on Caribbean plantations -- "Doing their prayers and worshipping god in their hearts" : ritual, practice, and keeping the faith -- "Endeavouring to raise mutinie and sedition" : the challenge to English Domination -- "As quietly and happily as the English subjects" : property, prosperity, and the power of emulation |
Summary |
Set along both the physical and social margins of the British Empire in the second half of the seventeenth century, Everyday Life in the Early English Caribbean explores the construction of difference through the everyday life of colonial subjects. Jenny Shaw examines how marginalized colonial subjects-Irish and Africans-contributed to these processes. By emphasizing their everyday experiences Shaw makes clear that each group persisted in its own cultural practices; Irish and Africans also worked within-and challenged-the limits of the colonial regime. Shaw's research demonstrates the extent t |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR platform, viewed August 9, 2023) |
Subject |
Irish -- West Indies, British -- History -- 17th century
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Irish -- West Indies, British -- Ethnic identity
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Catholics -- West Indies, British -- History -- 17th century
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Slavery -- West Indies, British -- History -- 17th century
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
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Catholics
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Ethnic relations
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Irish
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Irish -- Ethnic identity
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Slavery
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SUBJECT |
West Indies, British -- History -- 17th century
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West Indies, British -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 17th century
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Subject |
West Indies -- British West Indies
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780820346342 |
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0820346349 |
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1299954782 |
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9781299954786 |
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