Envisioning an English Empire: Jamestown and the Making of the North Atlantic World (Early American Studies)
"An engaging study of the remarkably varied ways in which the Atlantic identity of one fragile community coalesced in ideas and experiences forged in England and in societies around and even beyond the northern Atlantic rim."—William and Mary Quarterly"Important reading for all students of the early modern American and Atlantic worlds."—Journal of American HistoryThis ambitious, interdisciplinary collection of essays offers scholars of colonial American, world history, British history, and the Atlantic world fresh, revisionist insights into the history of Jamestown up to the time of Bacon's Rebellion, while also examining the international context that created English colonialism."—History"The stimulating essays in this collection demonstrate the usefulness of reaching out, not just in spatial and temporal terms but also in disciplinary ones. By placing Jamestown in a wider frame, we have a better understanding of Jamestown and of the North Atlantic world in the early seventeenth century."—Renaissance Quarterly"A highly recommended source of the serious scholar as well as for anyone wishing to understand one of the most important periods in history."—Virginia Quarterly Review"Certain to become required reading for graduate students, this book and the methods and lines of interpretation employed by its authors reveal new layers of meaning that will shape the scholarly discussion of early Jamestown and the Chesapeake for many years."—Georgia Historical Review