In the eye of all trade : Bermuda, Bermudians, and the maritime Atlantic world, 1680-1783 / Michael J. Jarvis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jarvis, Michael (Michael J.)

Contributor:

Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Shipping.

Seafaring life.

Enslaved persons.

Sailors.

Economic conditions.

Commerce.

Social conditions.

Naval history.

Bermuda Islands--History, Naval--18th century.

Bermuda Islands.

Bermuda Islands--Social conditions--18th century.

Bermuda Islands--Commerce--History--18th century.

Bermuda Islands--Economic conditions--18th century.

Sailors--Bermuda Islands--History--18th century.

Enslaved persons--Bermuda Islands--History--18th century.

Seafaring life--Bermuda Islands--History--18th century.

Shipping--Bermuda Islands--History--18th century.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Influence.

United States.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects--Bermuda Islands.

Physical Description:

684 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2010]

Contents:

Introduction: In the eye of all trade : Bermuda, Bermudians, and the maritime Atlantic world, 1680-1783

Colonizing paradise : the Somers Islands Company and colony

Bermuda's turn to the sea, 1685-1715

Bermuda's maritime economy 1 : circumatlantic shipping and smuggling, 1715-1775

Bermuda's maritime economy 2 : working the Atlantic commons, 1690-1775

A seafaring people : Bermuda's maritime society

Maritime migration, trade, and Atlantic families

Navigating the American Revolution

Epilogue: From seaport to sentry post : the decline of maritime Bermuda, 1783-1820

Conclusion: Fate, contingency, and the development of maritime America.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807833216

0807833215

OCLC:

441211358