Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

British Forts and Their Communities: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives

Christopher R. DeCorse

0/5 ( ratings)

While the military features of historic forts usually receive the most attention from researchers, this volume focuses instead on the people who met and interacted in these sites. Contributors to British Forts and Their Communities look beyond the defensive architecture, physical landscapes, and armed conflicts to explore the complex social diversity that arose in the outposts of the British Empire.

The forts investigated here operated at the empire's peak in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, protecting British colonial settlements and trading enclaves scattered across the globe. Locations in this volume include New York State, Michigan, the St. Lawrence River, and Vancouver, as well as sites in the Caribbean and in Africa. Using archaeological and archival evidence, these case studies show how forts brought together people of many different origins, ethnicities, identities, and social roles, from European soldiers to indigenous traders to African slaves.

Characterized by shifting networks of people, commodities, and ideas, these fort populations were microcosms of the emerging modern world. This volume reveals how important it is to move past the conventional emphasis on the armed might of the colonizer in order to better understand the messy, entangled nature of British colonialism and the new era it helped usher in.

Contributors: Zachary J.M. Beier - Flordeliz T. Bugarin - Robert Cromwell - Christopher R. DeCorse - Liza Gijanto - Guido Pezzarossi - Douglas Pippin - Amy Roache-Fedchenko - Gerald F. Schroedl - David R. Starbuck - Douglas C. Wilson

Language: English

Pages: 330

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: University Press of Florida

Release: April 10, 2018

ISBN: 0813056756

ISBN 13: 9780813056753

British Forts and Their Communities: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives

Christopher R. DeCorse

0/5 ( ratings)

While the military features of historic forts usually receive the most attention from researchers, this volume focuses instead on the people who met and interacted in these sites. Contributors to British Forts and Their Communities look beyond the defensive architecture, physical landscapes, and armed conflicts to explore the complex social diversity that arose in the outposts of the British Empire.

The forts investigated here operated at the empire's peak in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, protecting British colonial settlements and trading enclaves scattered across the globe. Locations in this volume include New York State, Michigan, the St. Lawrence River, and Vancouver, as well as sites in the Caribbean and in Africa. Using archaeological and archival evidence, these case studies show how forts brought together people of many different origins, ethnicities, identities, and social roles, from European soldiers to indigenous traders to African slaves.

Characterized by shifting networks of people, commodities, and ideas, these fort populations were microcosms of the emerging modern world. This volume reveals how important it is to move past the conventional emphasis on the armed might of the colonizer in order to better understand the messy, entangled nature of British colonialism and the new era it helped usher in.

Contributors: Zachary J.M. Beier - Flordeliz T. Bugarin - Robert Cromwell - Christopher R. DeCorse - Liza Gijanto - Guido Pezzarossi - Douglas Pippin - Amy Roache-Fedchenko - Gerald F. Schroedl - David R. Starbuck - Douglas C. Wilson

Language: English

Pages: 330

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: University Press of Florida

Release: April 10, 2018

ISBN: 0813056756

ISBN 13: 9780813056753

More books from Christopher R. DeCorse

In the Beginning: An Introduction to Archaeology

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Anthropology: A Global Perspective

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Studies in Culture Contact: Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology

4.6/5 ( ratings)

The Record Of The Past: An Introduction To Physical Anthropology And Archaeology

West Africa During The Atlantic Slave Trade: Archaeological Perspectives

Power, Political Economy, and Historical Landscapes of the Modern World: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Postcolonial or Not?: West Africa in the Pre-Atlantic and Atlantic Worlds

Anthropology: The Basics [with MyAnthropologyLab Code]

Anthropology: The Basics [with Revel Access Code]

Studies in Culture Contact: Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology (Visiting Scholar Conference Volumes)

Rate this book!

Write a review?