Carla Gardina Pestana

Gebundenes Buch

The English Conquest of Jamaica

Oliver Cromwell's Bid for Empire

Beschreibung

Long before sugar and slaves made Jamaica Britainà â â s most valuable colony, its conquest sparked conflicts with European powers and opened vast tropical spaces to English exploitation. Carla Gardina Pestana captures the moment when Cromwellà â â s plan to take Spainà â â s American empire altered his revolutionary stateà â â s engagement with the wider world.

Autor

Carla Gardina Pestana is Professor of History and Joyce Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World at the University of California, Los Angeles. A Guggenheim Fellow, she is author of The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell¿s Bid for Empire and The English Atlantic in an Age of Revolution, 1640¿1661.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 159mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 736g
• ISBN-13: 9780674737310
• ISBN-10: 0674737318
• Artikelnr.: 46474454