The World of Colonial America: An Atlantic Handbook (Routledge Worlds)

The World of Colonial America: An Atlantic Handbook offers a comprehensive and in-depth survey of cutting-edge research into the communities, cultures, and colonies that comprised colonial America, with a focus on the processes through which communities were created, destroyed, and recreated that were at the heart of the Atlantic experience. With contributions written by leading scholars from a variety of viewpoints, the book explores key topics such as -- The Spanish, French, and Dutch Atlantic empires -- The role of the indigenous people, as imperial allies, trade partners, and opponents of expansion -- Puritanism, Protestantism, Catholicism, and the role of religion in colonization -- The importance of slavery in the development of the colonial economies -- The evolution of core areas, and their relationship to frontier zones -- The emergence of the English imperial state as a hegemonic world power after 1688 -- Regional developments in colonial North America. Bringing together leading scholars in the field to explain the latest research on Colonial America and its place in the Atlantic World, this is an important reference for all advanced students, researchers, and professionals working in the field of early American history or the age of empires. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication Page 6 Table of Contents 8 Acknowledgments 11 Introduction: Atlantic Perspectives 16 What is an Atlantic Approach? 16 What an Atlantic Perspective Allows Historians to Do 17 Competing Powers and British Hegemony 17 Notes 25 Part 1 Spanish Empire; Spanish Influences 26 Chapter 1 From Monarchy to Empire: Ideologies, Institutions, and the Limits of Spanish Imperial Sovereignty, 1492–1700 28 Peninsular Monarchy to Global Empire 30 Celebration 30 Controversy 32 Integrating a New World 33 Conquest? 36 Limits of Imperial Sovereignty 38 Conclusion 40 Notes 40 References 45 Chapter 2 The Oversight of King HenryVI”: Imperial Envy and the Making of British America 50 Cosmography and Spanish Claims to British America 51 On the Limits of La Florida 53 Anglo-Iberian Geopolitics and the Making of Colonies 55 Dreams of Liberation and Dreams of Emulation 57 Protestant Peru 60 The Lascasian Moral Dimensions of Planting 60 The Iberian Road to African Slavery 62 From Envy to Enmity 63 Notes 63 References 66 Chapter 3 Indo-Hispano Borderlands in the Americas: Entanglements, North and South 70 Entangled Worlds in Colonial Paraguay 73 Indigenous Ethnographies in Antonio Ruiz De Montoya’s Writings 74 Anthropology, Polygamy, and Cacique Politics in Ruiz De Montoya’s Cartas 75 Indigenous Ways of Being in Conquista Espiritual 77 Notes 86 References 90 Part 2 Unfree Labor 94 Chapter 4 Labor, Empire, and the State: The English Imperial Experience in the Seventeenth Century 96 Part One: The Problem of Labor 97 Part Two: Midcentury Turning Point 99 Part Three: The Royal African Company, Colonial Labor as an Interest of the ­English State 101 Part Four: Opening of the Slave Trade 106 Notes 108 References 111 Chapter 5 The Early English Caribbean: Conflict, the Census, and Control 116 External and Internal Threats 117 Theories of Political Arithmetic 120 Accounting for Island Populations 123 Conclusion 126 Notes 127 References 131 Chapter 6 The Development of Slavery in the British Americas 134 Notes 150 References 156 Part 3 British Colonial Developments and the Fates of Indigenous Polities 162 Chapter 7 Spiritual Giants, WORLDLY Empires: Indigenous Peoples and New England to the 1680s 164 Before New England 164 Confronting a “Great Migration,” 1621–43 168 Networks, 1640s–1660s 171 Empires, Total War, Diaspora, 1660s–1680s 175 Notes 179 References 179 Chapter 8 “Vast and Furious”: Understanding an Atlantic New England 182 The English Atlantic 183 Black and Red Atlantics 185 The Atlantic Chasm 188 Atlantic New England 192 Notes 194 References 197 Chapter 9 The Middle Colonies: Region, Restoration, and Imperial Integration 200 The Origins of the Middle Colonies 201 European Arrivals 202 Restoration and Consolidation 204 Peaceable Kingdom 206 Revolution, Empire, and Consolidation 207 Wars and Violence 208 Commerce and Culture 209 Legacies 212 Notes 213 References 215 Chapter 10 His Own, Their Own: Settler Colonialism, Native Peoples, and Imperial Balances of Power in Eastern North America, 1660–1715 220 Notes 235 References 240 Chapter 11 The Chesapeake: Putting Maryland on the Map 246 Redeeming the South 247 Race, Slavery, Region 249 The Chesapeake Emerges 253 Return of the Repressed 258 Whither the Chesapeake? 262 Notes 265 References 268 Chapter 12 Protestantism as Ideology in the British Atlantic World 274 Part One: Entry Into the Atlantic World: Shared and Divergent Ideologies 274 Part Two: Protestantism and Other British Atlantic Ideologies 277 Part Three: The Implications of Protestantism as an Ideology 282 Notes 285 References 287 Chapter 13 Was Knowledge Power? Science in the British Atlantic 292 America the Wonderful 294 America the Land of Opportunity 295 Experts and Expertise 297 Nature and Nation 300 Atlantic Epistemologies 302 Notes 305 References 307 Part 4 Competition and Imperial Frontiers 312 Chapter 14 Defying Mercantilism: Dutch Interimperial Trade in the Atlantic World 314 War and Trade 314 Connections with French and English America 316 Exploring Spanish America 318 Curaçao 319 Statia and St. Martin 320 Suriname and Essequibo 321 Dutch Home Ports and the Foreign Americas 323 Free Trade Under Fire 324 Conclusion 324 Notes 325 References 328 Chapter 15 Atlantic, Western, and Continental Early America 332 Notes 347 References 348 Chapter 16 Native–European Interactions in North America and the Trade in Furs 350 Introduction: The Place of Commerce in Native–European Interactions 350 Origins of the North American Trade in Beaver Pelts 351 Structure of the Fur Trade 352 Organization of the Trade at Hudson Bay 353 The Exchange Process at the Hudson’s Bay Company Trading Posts 354 Bargaining and the Price of Furs 355 European Goods Purchased by Native Traders 358 Trade and the Living Standards of Native Americans 361 Conclusion 363 Notes 364 References 364 Chapter 17 Dismantling the Dream of “France’s Peru”: Indian and African Influence on the Development of Early Colonial Louisiana 366 Securing a Toehold Along the Gulf Coast 367 Colonial Schemes and Popular Protest 372 Conclusion 377 Notes 377 References 381 Part 5 Revolutions 384 Chapter 18 How to Lose an Empire: British Misperceptions of the Sinews of the Transatlantic System 386 Part One. A Federal Empire: Imperial Regulation, Local Elites, and Voluntarism 387 Part Two. The (Mis-)Management of Imperial Crises 392 Notes 398 References 400 Chapter 19 The Revolutionary Black Atlantic: From Royalists to Revolutionaries 404 Notes 410 References 415 Index 420 In The Age Of Exploration, The Territory That Came To Be The United States Was A Hodge-podge Of Various Cultures And Governments, Criss-crossing The And, Crashing Into Each Other With Violent Conflicts And Lucrative Trade Deals, And Changing The Face Of The Land Forever. Not Only Were The British Interacting With The Indigenous People In The Northeast, But The French, Dutch, And Spanish Also Had Claims On The Land And Multiple Reasons For Being There. The World Of Colonial America: An Atlantic Handbookoffers A Comprehensive And In-depth Survey Of Cutting-edge Research Into The World Of Early America And Its Relationship To The Surrounding Atlantic Economy. With Contributions Written By Leading Scholars From A Variety Of Viewpoints, The Book Explores Key Topics Such As: The Late Renaissance Obsession With Exploration And Empire-building Spanish, French, And Dutch Roles In The Atlantic Empire The Role Of The Indigenous People, As Allies And As Victims, In The Outcome Of Events Puritanism, Protestantism, Catholicism, And The Role Of Religion In Colonization Slavery And Its Role In The Developing Economies Bringing Together Leading Scholars In The Field To Explain The Latest Research On Colonial America And Its Role In The Atlantic World, This Is An Important Reference For All Advanced Students, Researchers And Professionals Working In The Field Of Early American History Or The Age Of Exploration And Empire-building. __The World of Colonial America: An Atlantic Handbook__offers a comprehensive and in-depth survey of cutting-edge research into the communities, cultures, and colonies that comprised colonial America, with a focus on the processes through which communities were created, destroyed, and recreated that were at the heart of the Atlantic experience. With contributions written by leading scholars from a variety of viewpoints, the book explores key topics such as-- The Spanish, French, and Dutch Atlantic empires-- The role of the indigenous people, as imperial allies, trade partners, and opponents of expansion-- Puritanism, Protestantism, Catholicism, and the role of religion in colonization-- The importance of slavery in the development of the colonial economies-- The evolution of core areas, and their relationship to frontier zones-- The emergence of the English imperial state as a hegemonic world power after 1688-- Regional developments in colonial North America.Bringing together leading scholars in the field to explain the latest research on Colonial America and its place in the Atlantic World, this is an important reference for all advanced students, researchers, and professionals working in the field of early American history or the age of empires.