Colonial Identity in the Atlantic World, 1500-1800

by Nicholas Canny (Editor), Anthony Pagden (Editor)

Overview

The description for this book, Colonial Identity in the Atlantic World, 1500-1800, will be forthcoming.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691222097
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	12/08/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	303
File size:	1 MB

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
	List of Contributors	xi
1.	Introduction: Colonial Identity in the Atlantic World	3
2.	The Formation of a Colonial Identity in Brazil	15
3.	Identity Formation in Spanish America	51
4.	Nouvelle-France / Quebec / Canada: A World of Limited Identities	95
5.	Identity in British America: Unease in Eden	115
6.	Identity Formation in Ireland: The Emergence of the Anglo-Irish	159
7.	Changing Identity in the British Caribbean: Barbados as a Case Study	213
8.	Afterword: From Identity to Independence	267
	Index	279

Editorial Reviews

". . . a pioneer reconnaissance of the notion of colonial identity in the post-Columbian world."—-B. W. Higman, The Journal of American History

"It is these creoles, 'colonials' as opposed to the 'colonised,' who form the subjects of Canny and Pagden's intelligent new book. In its compact pages we watch the {colonials} attempting to work out 'who' and just how 'new/old' they were during centuries unhaunted by the spectre of nationalism."—-Benedict Anderson, London Review of Books

"The prolonged death throes of Europe's last overseas empires have stimulated a lively historical interest in the roots of decolonialization. The theme is taken up in this elegantly written and admirably edited volume in which Nicholas Canny and Anthony Pagden bring together a team of specialists to examine how, in the major Atlantic empires prior to the independence movements of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, colonies came to see themselves as possessing their own particular characteristics, and the bearing this had on those revolutions. . . . The editors and contributors are to be congratulated on this rich and rewarding book, essential reading for anyone interested in imperial history."—-Geoffrey Scammell, The Times Higher Education Supplement

From the Publisher

The prolonged death throes of Europe's last overseas empires have stimulated a lively historical interest in the roots of decolonialization. The theme is taken up in this elegantly written and admirably edited volume in which Nicholas Canny and Anthony Pagden bring together a team of specialists to examine how, in the major Atlantic empires prior to the independence movements of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, colonies came to see themselves as possessing their own particular characteristics, and the bearing this had on those revolutions. . . . The editors and contributors are to be congratulated on this rich and rewarding book, essential reading for anyone interested in imperial history.

The Times Higher Education Supplement - Geoffrey Scammell

It is these creoles, 'colonials' as opposed to the 'colonised,' who form the subjects of Canny and Pagden's intelligent new book. In its compact pages we watch the {colonials} attempting to work out 'who' and just how 'new/old' they were during centuries unhaunted by the spectre of nationalism.

London Review of Books - Benedict Anderson

. . . a pioneer reconnaissance of the notion of colonial identity in the post-Columbian world.

The Journal of American History - B. W. Higman

. . . a pioneer reconnaissance of the notion of colonial identity in the post-Columbian world.

The Journal of American History - B.W. Higman

The prolonged death throes of Europe's last overseas empires have stimulated a lively historical interest in the roots of decolonialization. The theme is taken up in this elegantly written and admirably edited volume in which Nicholas Canny and Anthony Pagden bring together a team of specialists to examine how, in the major Atlantic empires prior to the independence movements of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, colonies came to see themselves as possessing their own particular characteristics, and the bearing this had on those revolutions. . . . The editors and contributors are to be congratulated on this rich and rewarding book, essential reading for anyone interested in imperial history.
— Geoffrey Scammell

The Times Higher Education Supplement

It is these creoles, 'colonials' as opposed to the 'colonised,' who form the subjects of Canny and Pagden's intelligent new book. In its compact pages we watch the {colonials} attempting to work out 'who' and just how 'new/old' they were during centuries unhaunted by the spectre of nationalism.
— Benedict Anderson

London Review of Books

. . . a pioneer reconnaissance of the notion of colonial identity in the post-Columbian world.
— B. W. Higman

The Journal of American History