| Ireland in the Virginian Sea: Colonialism in the British Atlantic Contributor(s): Horning, Audrey (Author) |
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ISBN: 1469633477 ISBN-13: 9781469633473 Publisher: Omohundro Institute and University of North C OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Ireland - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) |
| Dewey: 941.605 |
| LCCN: 2013022515 |
| Series: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.30 lbs) 408 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Ireland - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the late sixteenth century, the English started expanding westward, establishing control over parts of neighboring Ireland as well as exploring and later colonizing distant North America. Audrey Horning deftly examines the relationship between British colonization efforts in both locales, depicting their close interconnection as fields for colonial experimentation. Focusing on the Ulster Plantation in the north of Ireland and the Jamestown settlement in the Chesapeake, she challenges the notion that Ireland merely served as a testing ground for British expansion into North America. Horning instead analyzes the people, financial networks, and information that circulated through and connected English plantations on either side of the Atlantic. In addition, Horning explores English colonialism from the perspective of the Gaelic Irish and Algonquian societies and traces the political and material impact of contact. The focus on the material culture of both locales yields a textured specificity to the complex relationships between natives and newcomers while exposing the lack of a determining vision or organization in early English colonial projects. |
Contributor Bio(s): Horning, Audrey: - Audrey Horning is Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences, College of William and Mary, and Professor of Archaeology, Queen's University Belfast. This is her fifth book. |