English Atlantics Revisited

by Rhoden, Nancy L.

• ISBN13: 9780773532199
• ISBN10: 0773532196
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr

Summary

Ian K. Steele's pioneering work in imperial and early North American history was a pivotal contribution to the establishment of Atlantic history as a field. His study of a unified English - and later British - Atlantic challenged American exceptionalism and encouraged the current wave of interest in Atlantic studies. Inspired by the major themes in Steele's scholarship, the original essays inEnglish Atlantics Revisitedexamine British Atlantic contexts and political economy, as well as maritime, military, Amerindian, and social history. The contributors offer challenging new findings and perspectives as they revisit the English Atlantics: chapters on specific personalities, regions, and topics reveal the extent of transatlantic, cross-cultural, and trans-national interactions.English Atlantics Revisitedhelp assess the current state of Atlantic history.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Revisiting The English Atlantic in the Context of Atlantic History
Changing Spaces: Reconstructing the Political Economy of Empire	p. 3
Ian K. Steele as Military Historian	p. 18
The Talented Mr Blathwayt: His Empire Revisited	p. 33
Patronage and Governance in Francis Nicholson's Empire	p. 59
Policy and Patronage: Governor William Gooch and Anglo-Virginia Politics, 1727-1749	p. 81
William Crashaw's Bridge: Bermuda and the Origins of the English Atlantic, 1609-1624	p. 107
Forests of Masts and Seas of Trees: The English Royal Forests and the Restoration Navy	p. 136
Plying the Northernmost Atlantic Trading Route to the New World: The Hudson's Bay Company and British Seaborne Empire	p. 174
The Atlantic of the Rival Navies, 1714-1783	p. 206
"Onenwahatirighsi Sa Gentho Skaghnughtudigh": Reassessing Haudenosaunee Relations with the Albany Commissioners of Indian Affairs, 1723-1755	p. 235
Atlantic Microcosm: The Royal American Regiment, 1755-1772	p. 284
In the King's Service: Provisioning and Quartering the British Army in the Old Northwest, 1760-1773	p. 310
Samson Occom: Mohegan Leader, Christian Shaman, and Christian Sachem	p. 345
Overcoming Nausea: The Brothers Hesselius and the Great American Mystery	p. 372
Patriarchal Authority in Revolutionary Virginia: Connecting Familial Relations and Revolutionary Crises	p. 410
"We Are No Less Friendly to Liberty Than They": British Antislavery Activists Respond to the Crisis in the American Colonies	p. 450
Conclusion: The English Atlantic Created a Man of Steele Who Reciprocated by Creating It	p. 474
Ian K. Steele's Calendar of Scholarly Writing, 1966-2006	p. 495
Completed Graduate Theses Supervised by Ian K. Steele, 1974-2006	p. 507
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