In the eye of all trade
Subtitle: Bermuda, Bermudians, and the maritime Atlantic world, 1680-1783
By: Michael  Jarvis.
Contributors: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
Publisher: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807833216
Subjects: Sailors -- Bermuda Islands -- History -- 18th century; Slaves -- Bermuda Islands -- History -- 18th century; Seafaring life -- Bermuda Islands -- History -- 18th century; Shipping -- Bermuda Islands -- History -- 18th century; Bermuda Islands -- History, Naval -- 18th century; Bermuda Islands -- Social conditions -- 18th century; Bermuda Islands -- Commerce -- History -- 18th century; Bermuda Islands -- Economic conditions -- 18th century; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Economic aspects -- Bermuda Islands
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: In the eye of all trade : Bermuda, Bermudians, and the maritime Atlantic world, 1680-1783; title: Colonizing paradise : the Somers Islands Company and colony; title: Bermuda's turn to the sea, 1685-1715; title: Bermuda's maritime economy 1 : circumatlantic shipping and smuggling, 1715-1775; title: Bermuda's maritime economy 2 : working the Atlantic commons, 1690-1775; title: A seafaring people : Bermuda's maritime society; title: Maritime migration, trade, and Atlantic families; title: Navigating the American Revolution; title: Epilogue: From seaport to sentry post : the decline of maritime Bermuda, 1783-1820; title: Conclusion: Fate, contingency, and the development of maritime America.