The colonial search for a southern Eden / by Louis B. Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Louis B. (Louis Booker), 1899-1984.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southern States--Economic conditions--17th century.

Southern States.

Great Britain--Colonies--America.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (75 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

European imperialists began to dream of other kinds of wealth besides gold in the New World Louis Booker Wright was a graduate of Wofford College, and was at various times a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow and a Benjamin Franklin Medalist, and he held honorary degrees from, among others, Princeton, Tulane, and California State University-Fulerton. He was the author of a number of books, including The Atlantic Frontier: Colonial American Civilization 1607-1763, Gold, Glory, and the Gospel: the Adventurous Lives of the Renaissance Explorers, Culture on the Mov

Contents:

Preface; Contents; 1. The Elizabthe Dream of Wealth; 2. Imperial Prosperity from Southern Plantations; 3. Eden and Utopia South of Virginia; Notes

Notes:

Three lectures delivered at the Dancy Foundation, Alabama College, Apr. 29-May 1, 1951.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8236-4

OCLC:

609839995