Product Description

Through networks of trails and rivers inland and established ocean routes across the seas, seventeenth-century Virginians were connected to a vibrant Atlantic world. They routinely traded with adjacent Native Americans and received ships from England, the Netherlands, and other English and Dutch colonies, while maintaining less direct connections to Africa and to French and Spanish colonies. Their Atlantic world emerged from the movement of goods and services, but trade routes quickly became equally important in the transfer of people and information.

Much seventeenth-century historiography, however, still assumes that each North American colony operated as a largely self-contained entity and interacted with other colonies only indirectly, through London. By contrast, in Atlantic Virginia, historian April Lee Hatfield demonstrates that the colonies actually had vibrant interchange with each other and with peoples throughout the hemisphere, as well as with Europeans.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #712171 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Review
"Hatfield explains the importance of intercolonial trade to Virginia as well as its transatlantic connections through English and Dutch Traders... Hatfield's greatest contribution, however, is her persuasive argument that Virginians' contact with other colonies fundamentally shaped the way they created the institution of slavery."--Journal of American History "This is an important book. Hatfield has made a significant contribution not only to the history of early Virginia but also to early British America."--James Horn, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation "An example of how to approach colonial history. Historians would be wise to study it carefully."--American Historical Review

Review

"A solid, thought-provoking study of a far more complex world than historians of seventeenth-century Virginia have yet offered."—Journal of Southern History

"Hatfield explains the importance of intercolonial trade to Virginia as well as its transatlantic connections through English and Dutch traders. . . . Hatfield's greatest contribution, however, is her persuasive argument that Virginians' contact with other colonies fundamentally shaped the way they created the institution of slavery."—Journal of American History

"This is an important book. Hatfield has made a significant contribution to the history not only of early Virginia but also to early British America."—James Horn, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

"A solid, thought-provoking study of a far more complex world than historians of seventeenth-century Virginia have yet offered."—Journal of Southern History

"An example of how to approach colonial history. Historians would be wise to study it carefully."—American Historical Review

About the Author
April Lee Hatfield is Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University.

Customer Reviews

Atlantic Virginia
The book was in good condition, with minor writing which was stated. It took longer than expected to come in, however i was told the book was sent on time but i guess it was just a delivery issue..