New World Orders: Violence, Sanction, and Authority in the Colonial Americas (Early American Studies)

Annotation As the geographic boundaries of early American history have expanded, so too have historians' attempts to explore the comparative dimensions of this history. At the same time, historians have struggled to find a conceptual framework flexible enough to incorporate the sweeping narratives of imperial history and the hidden narratives of social history into a broader, synthetic whole. No such paradigm that captures the two perspectives has yet emerged. New World Orders addresses these broad conceptual issues by reexamining the relationships among violence, sanction, and authority in the early modern Americas. More specifically, the essays in this volume explore the wide variety of legal and extralegal means--from state-sponsored executions to unsanctioned crowd actions--by which social order was maintained, with a particular emphasis on how extralegal sanctions were defined and used; how such sanctions related to legal forms of maintaining order; and how these patterns of sanction, embedded within other forms of colonialism and culture, created cultural, legal, social, or imperial spaces in the early Americas. With essays written by senior and junior scholars on the British, Spanish, Dutch, and French colonies, New World Orders presents one of the most comprehensive looks at the sweep of colonization in the Atlantic world. By juxtaposing case studies from Brazil, Venezuela, New York, California, Saint Domingue, and Louisiana with treatments of broader trends in Anglo-America or Spanish America more generally, the volume demonstrates the need to examine the questions of violence, sanction, and authority in hemispheric perspective As The Geographic Boundaries Of Early American History Have Expanded, So Too Have Historians' Attempts To Explore The Comparative Dimensions Of This History. At The Same Time, Historians Have Struggled To Find A Conceptual Framework Flexible Enough To Incorporate The Sweeping Narratives Of Imperial History And The Hidden Narratives Of Social History Into A Broader, Synthetic Whole. No Such Paradigm That Captures The Two Perspectives Has Yet Emerged. New World Orders Addresses These Broad Conceptual Issues By Reexamining The Relationships Among Violence, Sanction, And Authority In The Early Modern Americas. More Specifically, The Essays In This Volume Explore The Wide Variety Of Legal And Extralegal Means - From State-sponsored Executions To Unsanctioned Crowd Actions - By Which Social Order Was Maintained. With Essays Written By Senior And Junior Scholars On The British, Spanish, Dutch, And French Colonies, New World Orders Presents One Of The Most Comprehensive Looks At The Sweep Of Colonization In The Atlantic World. By Juxtaposing Case Studies From Brazil, Venezuela, New York, California, Saint Domingue, And Louisiana With Treatments Of Broader Trends In Anglo-america Or Spanish America More Generally, The Volume Demonstrates The Need To Examine The Questions Of Violence, Sanction, And Authority In Hemispheric Perspective.--jacket. Law's Wilderness : The Discourse Of English Colonizing, The Violence Of Intrusion, And The Failures Of American History / Christopher Tomlins -- Dialogical Encounters In A Space Of Death / Richard Price -- The Authority Of Gender : Marital Discord And Social Order In Colonial Quito / Kimberly Gauderman -- Private And State Violence Against African Slaves In Lower Louisiana During The French Period, 1699-1769 / Cécile Vidal -- Violence Of Sex? Constructions Of Rape And Race In Early America / Sharon Block -- The Murder Of Jacob Rabe : Contesting Dutch Colonial Authority In The Borderlands Of Northeastern Brazil / Mark Meuwese -- Forging Cultures Of Resistance On Two Colonial Frontiers : Northwestern Mexico And Eastern Bolivia / Cynthia Radding -- Sorcery And Sovereignty : Senecas, Citizens, And The Contest For Power And Authority On The Frontiers Of The Early American Republic / Matthew Dennis -- Early Modern Spanish Citizenship : Inclusion And Exclusion The Old And The New World / Tamar Herzog -- Natural Movements And Dangerous Spectacles : Beatings, Duels, And Play In Saint Domingue / Gene E. Ogle -- Racial Passing : Informal And Official Whiteness In Colonial Spanish America / Ann Twinam. Edited By John Smolenski And Thomas J. Humphrey. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [281]-353) And Index.

As the geographic boundaries of early American history have expanded, so too have historians' attempts to explore the comparative dimensions of this history. At the same time, historians have struggled to find a conceptual framework flexible enough to incorporate the sweeping narratives of imperial history and the hidden narratives of social history into a broader, synthetic whole. No such paradigm that captures the two perspectives has yet emerged.

New World Orders addresses these broad conceptual issues by reexamining the relationships among violence, sanction, and authority in the early modern Americas. More specifically, the essays in this volume explore the wide variety of legal and extralegal means—from state-sponsored executions to unsanctioned crowd actions—by which social order was maintained, with a particular emphasis on how extralegal sanctions were defined and used; how such sanctions related to legal forms of maintaining order; and how these patterns of sanction, embedded within other forms of colonialism and culture, created cultural, legal, social, or imperial spaces in the early Americas.

With essays written by senior and junior scholars on the British, Spanish, Dutch, and French colonies, New World Orders presents one of the most comprehensive looks at the sweep of colonization in the Atlantic world. By juxtaposing case studies from Brazil, Venezuela, New York, California, Saint Domingue, and Louisiana with treatments of broader trends in Anglo-America or Spanish America more generally, the volume demonstrates the need to examine the questions of violence, sanction, and authority in hemispheric perspective.

Contents Introduction. The Ordering of Authority in the Colonial Americas PART I. Narrating Violence and Legality Introduction to Part I Chapter 1. Law's Wilderness: The Discourse of English Colonizing, the Violence of Intrusion, and the Failures of American History Chapter 2. Dialogical Encounters in a Space of Death PART II. Authority and Intimate Violence Introduction to Part II Chapter 3. The Authority of Gender: Marital Discord and Social Order in Colonial Quito Chapter 4. Private and State Violence Against African Slaves in Lower Louisiana During the French Period, 1699-1769 Chapter 5. Violence or Sex? Constructions of Rape and Race in Early America PART III. Colonial Space and Power Introduction to Part III Chapter 6. The Murder of Jacob Rabe: Contesting Dutch Colonial Authority in the Borderlands of Northeastern Brazil Chapter 7. Forging Cultures of Resistance on Two Colonial Frontiers: Northwestern Mexico and Eastern Bolivia Chapter 8. Sorcery and Sovereignty: Senecas, Citizens, and the Contest for Power and Authority on the Frontiers of the Early American Republic PART IV. Race, Citizenship, and Colonial Identity Introduction to Part IV Chapter 9. Early Modern Spanish Citizenship: Inclusion and Exclusion in the Old and the New World Chapter 10. Natural Movements and Dangerous Spectacles: Beatings, Duels, and "Play" in Saint Domingue Chapter 11. Racial Passing: Informal and Official "Whiteness" in Colonial Spanish America Afterword Notes Contributors Index Acknowledgments New World Orders juxtaposes case studies from Brazil to California to New York to explore the wide variety of legal and extralegal means by which social order was maintained in the early Americas. New World Orders juxtaposes case studies from Brazil to California to New York to explore the wide variety of legal and extralegal means by which social order was maintained in the early Americas.

new World Orders Juxtaposes Case Studies From Brazil To California To New York To Explore The Wide Variety Of Legal And Extralegal Means By Which Social Order Was Maintained In The Early Americas.

Uses eleven historical case studies to provide a comparative view of the colonial Americas, covering such topics as the violence against African slaves in French Louisiana and marital discord in Quito, Ecuador. In 1720, Experience Mayhew published an account of the state of the Wampanoag Indians living on Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts.