Everyday life in the early English Caribbean : Irish, Africans, and the construction of difference /

Set along both the physical and social margins of the British Empire in the second half of the seventeenth century, Everyday Life in the Early English Caribbean explores the construction of difference through the everyday life of colonial subjects. Jenny Shaw examines how marginalized colonial subje...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shaw, Jenny, 1977- (Author)
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2013]
Series:Early American places.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Set along both the physical and social margins of the British Empire in the second half of the seventeenth century, Everyday Life in the Early English Caribbean explores the construction of difference through the everyday life of colonial subjects. Jenny Shaw examines how marginalized colonial subjects-Irish and Africans-contributed to these processes. By emphasizing their everyday experiences Shaw makes clear that each group persisted in its own cultural practices; Irish and Africans also worked within-and challenged-the limits of the colonial regime. Shaw's research demonstrates the extent t.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 259 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780820346342
0820346349
1299954782
9781299954786