British Atlantic, American frontier : spaces of power in early modern British America / Stephen J. Hornsby ; with cartography by Michael J. Hermann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hornsby, Stephen J. (Stephen John), 1956-

Contributor:

Hermann, Michael J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--North America--History.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--West Indies, British--History.

Colonies.

History.

Geography.

North America--Geography.

North America.

West Indies, British--Geography.

West Indies, British.

North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--History.

Great Britain.

America.

Physical Description:

xv, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, [2005]

Summary:

Reflecting the growing scholarly interest in transnational and comparative approaches to studying the past, British Atlantic, American Frontier offers a geographical perspective on the development of British America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It covers in detail not only the American eastern seaboard, but also eastern Canada and the West Indies, as well as the trans-Atlantic links to western Europe and West Africa. At one level, the book synthesizes much of the current historical and geographical scholarship on these regions; at another level, it offers a provocative interpretation of British America, arguing that profound and long-standing differences existed between the American eastern seaboard and the Atlantic regions of eastern Canada and the West Indies. These differences ultimately led to the breakup of British America, the creation of the United States, and the reconfiguration of the British Empire.

British Atlantic, American Frontier is illustrated with more than one hundred photographs, maps, and historical illustrations.

Contents:

Creating an English atlantic, 1480/1630

Atlantic staple regions : Newfoundland, the West Indies, and Hudson Bay

Continental staple regions : New England, the Chesapeake, and South Carolina

Agricultural frontiers : New England, the mid-atlantic, and the southern backcountry

British American towns

The fracturing of British America.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1584654260

1584654279

OCLC:

55960807