Essays on Northeastern North America, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

by Reid, John G.; Baker, Emerson W. (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780802094162
• ISBN10: 0802094163
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-10
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

In examining the history of northeastern North America in the seventeenth and eighteen centuries, it is important to take into account diverse influences and experiences. Not only was the relationship between native inhabitants and colonial settlers a defining characteristic of Acadia/Nova Scotia and New England in this era, but it was also a relationship shaped by wider continental and oceanic connections. The essays in this volume deal with topics such as colonial habitation, imperial exchange, and aboriginal engagement, all of which were pervasive phenomena of the time. John G. Reid argues that these were complicated processes that interacted freely with one another, shaping the human experience at different times and places. Northeastern North America was an arena of distinctive complexities in the early modern period, and this collection uses it as an example of a manageable and logical basis for historical study. Reid also explores the significance of anniversary observances and commemorations that have served as vehicles of reflection on the lasting implications of historical developments in the early modern period. These and other insights amount to a fresh perspective on the region and offer a deeper understanding of North American history.

Author Biography

John G. Reid is a professor in the Department of History at Saint Mary's University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Maps	p. ix
Introduction	p. 3
Colonial Habitation
Sir William Alexander and North American Colonization	p. 23
Environment and Colonization Styles in Early Acadia and Maine	p. 40
The 'Lost Colony' of New Scotland and Its Successors, to 1670	p. 53
Imperial Exchange
'The best Conditioned Gentleman in the World? Verbal and Physical Abuse in the Behaviour of Sir William Phips	p. 71
The Conquest of 'Nova Scotia': Cartographic Imperialism and the Echoes of a Scottish Past	p. 87
Imperialism, Diplomacies, and the Conquest of Port Royal, 1710	p. 103
Aboriginal Engagement
Amerindian Power in the Early Modern Northeast: A Reappraisal	p. 129
The Sakamow's Discourtesy and the Governor's Anger: Negotiated Imperialism and the Arrowsic Conference, 1719	p. 153
Pax Britannica or Pax Indigena? Planter Nova Scotia (1760-1782) and Competing Strategies of Pacification	p. 171
Commemoration
Chronologies, Counterfactuals, Trajectories, and Encounter 1604	p. 193
Champlain: Longevity and Commemoration	p. 205
Reflections on Seventeenth-Century Acadia	p. 221
Epilogue	p. 222
Notes	p. 237
Bibliography	p. 281
Index	p. 309
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