Roanoke : the abandoned colony / Karen Ordahl Kupperman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kupperman, Karen Ordahl, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roanoke Colony.

Roanoke Island (N.C.)--History.

Roanoke Island (N.C.).

Algonquian Indians--First contact with other peoples.

Algonquian Indians.

Indians of North America--First contact with other peoples--North Carolina.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--First contact with other peoples.

North Carolina.

Physical Description:

xiv, 191 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2007]

Summary:

In telling the tragic and heroic story of Roanoke, the "lost colony," award-winning historian Karen Ordahl Kupperman recovers the earliest days of English exploration and settlement in America - the often forgotten years before Jamestown and the landing of the Mayflower. Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony explores Britain's attempt to establish a firm claim to North America in the hope that colonies would make England wealthy and powerful. Kupperman brings to life the men and women who struggled to carve out a settlement in an inhospitable environment on the Carolina coast and the complex Native American cultures they encountered. She reveals the mixture of goals and challenges that led to the colony's eventual abandonment, and discusses the theories about what might have become of the first English settlers in the New World as they adapted to life as Indians.

With a new preface and afterword written by the author, Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony brings the fascinating story of America's earliest settlement up-to-date, collecting together new work from scholars in a variety of fields. The story of Roanoke remains endlessly fascinating. It is a tale marked by courage, miscalculation, exhilaration, intrigue, and mystery.

Contents:

1 England's Bid For Greatness 1

2 The First Colony: A Military Outpost 13

3 Expectations 25

4 The Carolina Algonquians on the Eve of Colonization 41

5 The Strained Relationship of Indians and Colonists 65

6 The Debate Over Colonies 87

7 A Genuine Settlement 105

8 Abandonment at Roanoke 119

9 Endings 137

10 Epilogue: The Nature of Successful Colonization 159

Afterwords, 2007 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-184) and index.

ISBN:

0742552632

OCLC:

71322104

Publisher Number:

9780742552630