Encountering early America traces the many cultural influences that shaped English understandings of the Americas in the sixteenth century. The book demonstrates that the first century of English engagement with America was dynamic, adaptive and had a lasting influence on exploration and settlement in the New World. -- .
Encountering early America traces the many cultural influences that shaped English understandings of the Americas in the sixteenth century. The book demonstrates that the first century of English engagement with America was dynamic, adaptive and had a lasting influence on exploration and settlement in the New World. -- .
Rachel Winchcombe is a Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Manchester.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: early English encounters with the New World 1 Understanding America: the theoretical origins of English colonialism 2 Commercialising America: religion trade and the challenges of English overseas expansion 3 Dressing America: clothing nakedness and the foundations of civility 4 Eating America: bodily discourse diet and environment in the early English colonial imagination Conclusions Index
Introduction: early English encounters with the New World 1 Understanding America: the theoretical origins of English colonialism 2 Commercialising America: religion trade and the challenges of English overseas expansion 3 Dressing America: clothing nakedness and the foundations of civility 4 Eating America: bodily discourse diet and environment in the early English colonial imagination Conclusions Index
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