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New Albion: Anatomy of an English Colonisation Failure, 1632–1659

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2010

L.H. Roper
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Where do episodes of colonising failure fit into the historiography of European expansion? Almost by definition, this field, especially those aspects of it concerned with colonial social formation, privileges the study of those colonies which became established. Nor does an enquiry into failure have much to offer to those who have adopted the increasingly popular “Atlantic” perspective on European overseas activity. The students in this school of thought stress the importance of the commercial and social links between European-American settlements, as well as with Africa and Europe. These were forged through the unprecedented movement of people and commodities generated by early modern overseas activity, especially across the Atlantic Ocean. These connections and the corresponding mingling of peoples from four continents constitute the key elements in the development of “modernity” and the creation of a manifestly new world.

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Itinerario , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 39 - 57
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Copyright © Research Institute for History, Leiden University 2008

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