| Englishmen Transplanted: The English Colonization of Barbados 1627-1660 Contributor(s): Gragg, Larry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199253897 ISBN-13: 9780199253890 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $232.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: 'Englishmen Transplanted' challenges the widely accepted view of seventeenth-century Barbados planters as reckless fortune seekers who failed to create a viable society in the tropics. Rather, it argues they were settlers eager to transplant what was familiar to them: political and religious institutions, the nuclear family, and traditional views about social order, housing, and apparel. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General |
| Dewey: 972.981 |
| LCCN: 2004296739 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.5" W x 9.52" (1.15 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'Englishmen Transplanted' challenges the widely accepted view of seventeenth-century Barbados planters as reckless fortune seekers who failed to create a viable society in the tropics. Rather, it argues they were settlers eager to transplant what was familiar to them: political and religious institutions, the nuclear family, and traditional views about social order, housing, and apparel. |