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The World of Plymouth Plantation (Hardcover)
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The World of Plymouth Plantation (Hardcover)
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An intimate look inside Plymouth Plantation that goes beyond
familiar founding myths to portray real life in the
settlement—the hard work, small joys, and deep connections to
others beyond the shores of Cape Cod Bay. The English settlement at
Plymouth has usually been seen in isolation. Indeed, the colonists
gain our admiration in part because we envision them arriving on a
desolate, frozen shore, far from assistance and forced to endure a
deadly first winter alone. Yet Plymouth was, from its first year, a
place connected to other places. Going beyond the tales we learned
from schoolbooks, Carla Gardina Pestana offers an illuminating
account of life in Plymouth Plantation. The colony was embedded in
a network of trade and sociability. The Wampanoag, whose abandoned
village the new arrivals used for their first settlement, were the
first among many people the English encountered and upon whom they
came to rely. The colonists interacted with fishermen, merchants,
investors, and numerous others who passed through the region.
Plymouth was thereby linked to England, Europe, the Caribbean,
Virginia, the American interior, and the coastal ports of West
Africa. Pestana also draws out many colorful stories—of stolen
red stockings, a teenager playing with gunpowder aboard ship, the
gift of a chicken hurried through the woods to a sickbed. These
moments speak intimately of the early North American experience
beyond familiar events like the first Thanksgiving. On the 400th
anniversary of the Mayflower landing and the establishment of the
settlement, The World of Plymouth Plantation recovers the sense of
real life there and sets the colony properly within global history.
General
Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2020 |
Authors: |
Carla Gardina Pestana
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
248 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-23851-0 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-674-23851-6 |
Barcode: |
9780674238510 |
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