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The English Atlantic in an age of revolution, 1640-1661 / Carla Gardina Pestana.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pestana, Carla Gardina.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plantation life--Atlantic Ocean Region--History--17th century.
- Plantation life.
- Plantation life--America--History--17th century.
- British--Atlantic Ocean Region--History--17th century.
- British.
- Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--17th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Administration--History--17th century.
- America--History--To 1810.
- America.
- Great Britain--History--Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660--Influence.
- Great Britain--History--Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660.
- Atlantic Ocean Region--Politics and government.
- Atlantic Ocean Region.
- Atlantic Ocean Region--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 p. ) ill., map.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Between 1640 and 1660, England, Scotland and Ireland faced civil war, invasion, religious radicalism, parliamentary rule and the restoration of the monarchy. This text offers a sweeping history that systematically connects these events and the development of the infant plantations from Newfoundland to Surinam.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Dating and Editorial Method
- Map: The English Atlantic, 1640–1661
- Introduction: Revolution and the English Atlantic
- Prologue: The English Atlantic in 1640
- 1. The Challenge of Civil War
- 2. Puritan Ascendancy and Religious Polarization
- 3. Regicide and Royalist Rebellions
- 4. Religious Politics of a “Puritan Revolution
- 5. Free Trade and Freeborn English Men
- 6. Lost Liberty and Laboring People in the Atlantic World
- Epilogue: The English Atlantic and the Limits of Restoration
- Appendix 1. Population Figures, 1640
- Appendix 2. London Pamphlets about New England, 1641–1649
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Originally published: 2004.
- ISBN:
- 9780674266445
- 0674266447
- 9780674042070
- 0674042077
- OCLC:
- 923112047
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