Imperatives, behaviors, and identities : essays in early American cultural history

Mastery And The Deifinition Of Cultural Space In Early America: A Perspective -- Changing Identities In The British West Indies In The Early Modern Era: Barbados As A Case Study -- Colonial South Carolina And The Caribbean Connection -- Early South Carolina And The Psychology Of British Colonization -- Travails Of An Infant Colony: The Search For Viability, Coherence, And Identity In Colonial Georgia -- Search For Identity: An Interpretation Of The Meaning Of Selected Patterns Of Social Response In Eighteenth-century America -- Independence And Dependence: The Psychology Of The Colonial Relationship On The Eve Of The American Revolution -- Independence, Improvement, And Authority: Toward A Framework For Understanding The Histories Of The Southern Backcountry During Era Of The American Revolution. The Concept Of Virtue In Late Colonial British America -- All Men Are Created Equal: Some Reflections On The Character Of The American Revolution -- Slavery Or Independence: Some Reflections On The Relationship Among Liberty, Black Bondage, And Equality In Revolutionary South Carolina -- A Fortuitous Convergence: Culture, Circumstance, And Contingency In The Emergence Of The American Nation -- The Pursuit Of Happiness, The Private Realm, And The Movement For A Stronger National Government -- An Instructive Monitor: Experience And The Fabrication Of The Federal Constitution -- The Constitution Of 1787 And The Question Of Southern Distinctiveness -- America And The Creation Of The Revolutionary Intellectual World Of The Enlightenment. Jack P. Greene. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Imperatives, Behaviors, and Identities looks at aspects of the formation and development of English or, after 1707, British-American cultural spaces during the colonial and Revolutionary eras. It focuses on the special character of those new and rapidly changing spaces as dependent and derivative entities on the far periphery of the established core culture in England. Stressing the extent to which each of them was the product of a distinctive physical space and set of socio-economic and political circumstances, the work examines some of the ways in which those circumstances affected emerging social priorities and operated to produce cultures that both diverged sharply from that of Britain and need to be understood and analyzed in their own terms. " No one has given more thought to the dynamic processes of colonial settlement than Jack P. Greene. Here in a collection of essays focussing on the southern and Caribbean colonies, he demonstrates once more his very special talent for combining fresh and arresting analytical categories with persuasive substantive detail ." - Joyce Appleby, UCLA " In this superb collection of interlocking essays, Jack P. Greene explores themes of colonial, regional, and national identity as they took shape in British America between the 17th century and the American Revolution. Deeply reflective and broadly researched, his efforts ought to engage any reader with an interest in questions of identity, liberty, equality, mastery, and resistance within multi-cultural colonial environments ." - John M. Murrin, Princeton University This work brings together 16 essays in cultural history. Taken together, the essays aim to provide a reassessment of the complex process of cultural adjustment among the settler societies of colonial British and revolutionary America. xvi, 392 p. ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index