From New Babylon To Eden: The Huguenots And Their Migration To Colonial South Carolina (Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World)
"Bertrand Van Rymbeke is perhaps the leading scholar of colonial British America and his book, From New Babylon to Eden, represents a major addition to early modern European migration studies. Notable for its exploration of the factors that drove the French Protestants to flee their country in massive numbers during the closing decades of the seventeenth century, the volume is clearly the best case study of the lives of these people in South Carolina, one of their principal destinations in America. Lucidly written, thoroughly research, and persuasively argued, this study will be essential reading for all serious students of the formation of the early modern Atlantic world. It is indeed a praiseworthy achievement."—Jack P. Greene, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University"Van Ruymbeke provides us with a fuller picture of the Huguenot emigration as experienced on both sides of the Atlantic than we’ve ever had before. His portrait is rich with new and significant discoveries, from his superior command of French sources to his diligent research into South Carolina records. Taken together, From New Babylon to Eden grants us a compelling view of the Huguenots’ arrival and remarkable experience in South Carolina."—Jon Butler, Howard R. Lamar Professor of History and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yale University