Planting an Empire: The Early Chesapeake in British North America (regional Perspectives on Early America), by Jean Burrell Russo and J. Elliott Russo First Edition
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Planting an Empire examines the intertwined social and economic histories of Virginia and Maryland, the two Chesapeake colonies that became prosperous regions in British North America before the Revolution. Despite shared reliance on tobacco farmingand enslaved labor, these "sister" colonies followed distinct political and economic trajectories shaped by religious differences, economic rivalry, and regional events like Bacon's Rebellion and Maryland's Plundering Time. Covering 150 years, Russoand Russo explore how early discord evolved into a shared regional culture grounded in slavery and economic growth, highlighting experiences across classes, races, and genders within the emerging British Empire.
First edition, first printing (full numberline). No jacket as issued. Minimal shelfwear.
Johns Hopkins
Hardcover
ISBN: 1421405555
First Edition
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Planting an Empire examines the intertwined social and economic histories of Virginia and Maryland, the two Chesapeake colonies that became prosperous regions in British North America before the Revolution. Despite shared reliance on tobacco farmingand enslaved labor, these "sister" colonies followed distinct political and economic trajectories shaped by religious differences, economic rivalry, and regional events like Bacon's Rebellion and Maryland's Plundering Time. Covering 150 years, Russoand Russo explore how early discord evolved into a shared regional culture grounded in slavery and economic growth, highlighting experiences across classes, races, and genders within the emerging British Empire.
First edition, first printing (full numberline). No jacket as issued. Minimal shelfwear.
Johns Hopkins
Hardcover
ISBN: 1421405555
First Edition
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