Everyday life in the early English Caribbean Irish, Africans, and the construction of difference / Jenny Shaw.

Author/creator Shaw, Jenny, 1977-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAthens : The University of Georgia Press, 2013.
Descriptionxv, 259 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Irish--West Indies, British. --History. --17th century.
Irish--West Indies, British. --Ethnic identity.
Catholics--West Indies British. --History. --17th century.
Slavery--West Indies, British. --History. --17th century.
West Indies, British--History. --17th century.
West Indies, British--Ethnic relations. --History. --17th century.

SeriesEarly American places
Contents "An heathen brutish, and an uncertaine and dangerous kind of people" : figuring difference in the early English Atlantic -- "An exact account of the number of persons upon the island" : enumeration, improvement, and control -- "To live in perpetuall noise and hurry" : creating communities on Caribbean plantations -- "Doing their prayers and worshipping god in their hearts" : ritual, practice, and keeping the faith -- "Endeavouring to raise mutinie and sedition" : the challenge to English -- Domination -- "As quietly and happily as the English subjects" : property, prosperity, and the power of emulation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-251) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013012009
ISBN9780820345055 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0820345059 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780820346625 (paperback : alk. paper)
ISBN0820346624 (paperback: alk. paper)