An empire transformed : remolding bodies and landscapes in the Restoration Atlantic /

"An Empire Transformed" explores bodies and landscapes in Restoration Atlantic.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mulry, Kate Luce (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Series:	Early American places.
Subjects:	Great Britain > History > Restoration, 1660-1688. Great Britain > Politics and government > 1660-1688. Great Britain > Social conditions > 17th century. Public health > Great Britain > History > 17th century. Environmental policy > Great Britain > History > 17th century. Great Britain > Environmental conditions. Great Britain > Colonies > America > Administration. New York (State) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Jamaica > History > 17th century.

Table of Contents:

1. Sinful, sick, and misbehaving bodies: fires, putrid smoke, and pestilence in London
2. Taming fenland bodies: draining a wilderness of water
3. Bodies of water: the administration of nature and the nature of administration in the Proprietary Colony of New York
4. The body improved: agriculture, food, and population size
5. Naturalized bodies: transplanting people and plants in the King's Two Gardens.