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Roanoke, the abandoned colony Karen Ordahl Kupperman
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks SCS F 229 .K9 1984
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- 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 Europeans--North Carolina.
- Indians of North America.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 182 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Totowa, NJ : Rowman & Allanheld, 1984.
- Summary:
- In Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony, Karen Ordahl Kupperman recounts one of the most gripping stories in American history. Writing from a background in both Indian and English history, she movingly describes the first English colony in America and places it within the context of the most recent historical research. She analyzes Carolina Algonquian culture in order to understand the Indians' response to the Europeans who intruded on them and brings historical themes to life through fascinating portraits of individuals who lived the drama of the lost colony. - Back cover.
- Contents:
- England's bid for greatness
- The first colony: a military outpost
- Expectations
- The Carolina Algonquians on the eve of colonization
- The strained relathionshp of indians and colonists
- The debate over colonies
- A genuine settlement
- Abandonment at Roanoke
- Endings
- Epilogue: the nature of successful colonization.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0847671275
- 9780847671274
- 0847673391
- 9780847673391
- OCLC:
- 10323936
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