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Format: 1 online resource (392 pages) : , illustrations.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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ISBN: 9780812204421

Series Statement: Early American Studies

Content: Envisioning an English Empire examines the founding of Jamestown in 1607 within its global, political, and cultural contexts.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Foreword / , Introduction: Sea Changes / , 1. The Conquest Of Eden: Possession And Dominion In Early Virginia / , 2. Powhatans Abroad: Virginia Indians In England / , 3. John Smith Maps Virginia: Knowledge, Rhetoric, And Politics / , 4. The Politics Of Pathos: Richard Frethorne’S Letters Home / , 5. The Specter Of Spain In John Smith’S Colonial Writing / , 6. The White Othello: Turkey And Virginia In John Smith’S True Travels / , 7. England, Morocco, And Global Geopolitical Upheaval / , 8. Irish Colonies And The Americas / , 9. Hunger In Early Virginia: Indians And English Facing Off Over Excess, Want, And Need / , 10. Between ‘‘Plain Wilderness’’ And ‘‘Goodly Corn Fields’’: Representing Land Use In Early Virginia / , 11. Settling With Slavery: Human Bondage In The Early Anglo-Atlantic World / , 12. ‘‘We All Smoke Here’’: Behn’S The Widdow Ranter And The Invention Of American Identity / , Conclusion: Jamestown And Its North Atlantic World / , Notes -- , Bibliography -- , Contributors -- , Index -- , Acknowledgments. , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.9783/9780812204421

URL: https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812204421

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Format: 1 online resource (386 pages)

ISBN: 9780812204421

Series Statement: Early American Studies

Content: Envisioning an English Empire examines the founding of Jamestown in 1607 within its global, political, and cultural contexts.

Content: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Sea Changes -- Part I. Reading Encounters -- 1. The Conquest of Eden: Possession and Dominion in Early Virginia -- 2. Powhatans Abroad: Virginia Indians in England -- 3. John Smith Maps Virginia: Knowledge, Rhetoric, and Politics -- 4. The Politics of Pathos: Richard Frethorne's Letters Home -- Part II. The World Stage -- 5. The Specter of Spain in John Smith's Colonial Writing -- 6. The White Othello: Turkey and Virginia in John Smith's True Travels -- 7. England, Morocco, and Global Geopolitical Upheaval -- 8. Irish Colonies and the Americas -- Part III. American Metamorphosis -- 9. Hunger in Early Virginia: Indians and English Facing Off over Excess, Want, and Need -- 10. Between ''Plain Wilderness'' and ''Goodly Corn Fields'': Representing Land Use in Early Virginia -- 11. Settling with Slavery: Human Bondage in the Early Anglo-Atlantic World -- 12. ''We All Smoke Here'': Behn's The Widdow Ranter and the Invention of American Identity -- Conclusion: Jamestown and Its North Atlantic World -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9780812219036

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780812219036

Language: English

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