In the eye of all trade Bermuda, Bermudians, and the maritime Atlantic world, 1680-1783

In the eye of all trade : Bermuda, Bermudians, and the maritime Atlantic world, 1680-1783 / Michael J. Jarvis.

Author/creator	Jarvis, Michael (Michael J.)
Other author/creator	Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press,
Description	684 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Sailors--Bermuda Islands --History --18th century. Enslaved persons--Bermuda Islands --History --18th century. Seafaring life--Bermuda Islands --History --18th century. Shipping--Bermuda Islands --History --18th century. Bermuda Islands--History, Naval --18th century. Bermuda Islands--Social conditions --18th century. Bermuda Islands--Commerce --History --18th century. Bermuda Islands--Economic conditions --18th century. United States--History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Influence. United States--History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Economic aspects --Bermuda Islands.

Contents	Introduction: In the eye of all trade : Bermuda, Bermudians, and the maritime Atlantic world, 1680-1783 -- Colonizing paradise : the Somers Islands Company and colony -- Bermuda's turn to the sea, 1685-1715 -- Bermuda's maritime economy 1 : circumatlantic shipping and smuggling, 1715-1775 -- Bermuda's maritime economy 2 : working the Atlantic commons, 1690-1775 -- A seafaring people : Bermuda's maritime society -- Maritime migration, trade, and Atlantic families -- Navigating the American Revolution -- Epilogue: From seaport to sentry post : the decline of maritime Bermuda, 1783-1820 -- Conclusion: Fate, contingency, and the development of maritime America.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-649) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2009039433
ISBN	9780807833216 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807833215 (cloth : alk. paper)

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