Alfred A. Cave

Lethal Encounters (eBook, ePUB)

Englishmen and Indians in Colonial Virginia

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This in-depth narrative history of the interactions between English settlers and American Indians during the Virginia colony's first century explains why a harmonious coexistence proved impossible. Britain's first successful settlements in America occurred over 400 years ago. Not surprisingly, the historical accounts of these events have often contained inaccuracies. This compelling study of colonial Virginia is based upon the latest research, shedding new light on the tensions between the English and the American Indians and clarifying the facts about storied relationships. In Lethal Encounters: Englishmen and Indians in Colonial Virginia, the author examines why the Anglo settlers were unable to establish a peaceful and productive relationship with the region's native inhabitants. Readers will come to understand how the deep prejudices harbored by both whites and Indians, the incompatibility of their economic and social systems, and the leadership failures of protagonists like John Smith, Powhatan, Opechacanough, and William Berkeley caused this breakdown.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216110682
• Artikelnr.: 70037487

Autorenporträt

Alfred A. Cave is professor emeritus of history at the University of Toledo.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Prelude: Explorations, Encounters, and Abandoned Colonies
2. "Our Mortall Enemies": Early Encounters at Jamestown
3. "To Subdue the Wilde Salvages": Captain John Smith and the Powhatans
4. "A World of Miseries": The Virginia Colony, 1609-1614
5. "Upon Doubtful Terms": Virginia, 1616-1622
6. "A Plantation of Sorrows": Virginia, 1622-1635
7. Another War and a New Policy
8. Bacon's Rebellion and Its Aftermath
Conclusions
Notes
Index