Seasons of Misery : Catastrophe and Colonial Settlement in Early America.
Donegan, Kathleen.
Seasons of Misery : Catastrophe and Colonial Settlement in Early America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages) - Early American Studies . - Early American Studies .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Unsettlement -- Chapter 1. Roanoke: Left in Virginia -- Chapter 2. Jamestown: Things that Seemed Incredible -- Chapter 3. Plymouth: Scarce Able to Bury their Dead -- Chapter 4. Barbados: Wild Extravagance -- Afterword: Standing Half-Amazed -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Seasons of Misery offers a boldly original account of early English settlement in American by placing catastrophe and crisis at the center of the story. Donegan argues that the constant state of suffering and uncertainty decisively formed the colonial identity and produced the first distinctly colonial literature.
9780812209143
Frontier and pioneer life-United States-Historiography.
Frontier and pioneer life-United States-History-Sources.
Great Britain-Colonies-America-Historiography.
Great Britain-Colonies-America-History-Sources.
Barbados-Colonization-Historiography.
Barbados-Colonization-History-Sources.
United States-Colonization-Historiography.
United States-Colonization-History-Sources.
United States-Social conditions-To 1865-Historiography.
United States-Social conditions-To 1865-Sources.
United States-History-Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775-Historiography.
United States-History-Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775-Sources.
Electronic books.
E162 -- .D66 2014eb
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Seasons of Misery : Catastrophe and Colonial Settlement in Early America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages) - Early American Studies . - Early American Studies .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Unsettlement -- Chapter 1. Roanoke: Left in Virginia -- Chapter 2. Jamestown: Things that Seemed Incredible -- Chapter 3. Plymouth: Scarce Able to Bury their Dead -- Chapter 4. Barbados: Wild Extravagance -- Afterword: Standing Half-Amazed -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Seasons of Misery offers a boldly original account of early English settlement in American by placing catastrophe and crisis at the center of the story. Donegan argues that the constant state of suffering and uncertainty decisively formed the colonial identity and produced the first distinctly colonial literature.
9780812209143
Frontier and pioneer life-United States-Historiography.
Frontier and pioneer life-United States-History-Sources.
Great Britain-Colonies-America-Historiography.
Great Britain-Colonies-America-History-Sources.
Barbados-Colonization-Historiography.
Barbados-Colonization-History-Sources.
United States-Colonization-Historiography.
United States-Colonization-History-Sources.
United States-Social conditions-To 1865-Historiography.
United States-Social conditions-To 1865-Sources.
United States-History-Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775-Historiography.
United States-History-Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775-Sources.
Electronic books.
E162 -- .D66 2014eb
973