Isle of Devils, Isle of Saints : An Atlantic History of Bermuda, 1609-1684 / Michael J Jarvis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jarvis, Michael (Michael J.), author.

Series:

Early America.

Early America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tobacco farms--Bermuda Islands--History--17th century.

Tobacco farms.

Puritans--Bermuda Islands--History--17th century.

Puritans.

Bermudas Company for the Plantation of the Somers Islands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 481 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"This social and cultural history of seventeenth-century Bermuda recounts the colony's development under the Virginia and Bermuda companies, with particular emphasis on how multiracial, multicultural interaction, a distinct maritime island environment, a pervasive Puritan religious culture, and thickening ties with other Anglo-American colonies created a distinctive new American-Bermudian identity. Puritanism, slavery, family tobacco farming, overcrowding, and out-migration shaped Bermuda's development and a growing network of Atlantic linkages that islanders formed that primed it to become a major maritime hub in the age of sail"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. A new Bermuda triangle

Isle of Devils

Planting a Christian commonwealth

Bermuda : company and colony

Becoming Bermudian : saints, slaves, and sinners

Tobacco troubles : diversification in an expanding English Atlantic

Clerical conflicts and civil war

Restorations : king, company, colony

The battle for Bermuda 1669-

Conclusion: Change and persistence in a new maritime Bermuda.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 11, 2022)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781421443607

9781421443614

OCLC:

1312241108