The Resource Seasons of misery : catastrophe and colonial settlement in Early America, Kathleen Donegan
Seasons of misery : catastrophe and colonial settlement in Early America, Kathleen Donegan
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- Summary
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- "The stories we tell of American beginnings typically emphasize colonial triumph in the face of adversity. But the early years of English settlement in America were characterized by catastrophe: starvation, disease, extreme violence, ruinous ignorance, and serial abandonment. Seasons of Misery offers a provocative reexamination of the British colonies' chaotic and profoundly unstable beginnings, placing crisis--both experiential and existential--at the center of the story. At the outposts of a fledgling empire and disconnected from the social order of their home society, English settlers were both physically and psychologically estranged from their European identities. They could not control, or often even survive, the world they had intended to possess. According to Kathleen Donegan, it was in this cauldron of uncertainty that colonial identity was formed. Studying the English settlements at Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, and Barbados, Donegan argues that catastrophe marked the threshold between an old European identity and a new colonial identity, a state of instability in which only fragments of Englishness could survive amid the upheavals of the New World. This constant state of crisis also produced the first distinctively colonial literature as settlers attempted to process events that they could neither fully absorb nor understand. Bringing a critical eye to settlers' first-person accounts, Donegan applies a unique combination of narrative history and literary analysis to trace how settlers used a language of catastrophe to describe unprecedented circumstances, witness unrecognizable selves, and report unaccountable events. Seasons of Misery addresses both the stories that colonists told about themselves and the stories that we have constructed in hindsight about them. In doing so, it offers a new account of the meaning of settlement history and the creation of colonial identity."--Publisher's description
- "A provocative and remarkably original contribution that considers the agony of settlement in early America. Donegan writes so beautifully that readers might miss the audacity and innovation of her argument."--Jill Lepore, Harvard University
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (260 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction: unsettlement
- chapter 1. Roanoke: left in Virginia
- chapter 2. Jamestown: things that seemed incredible
- chapter 3. Plymouth: scarce able to bury their dead
- chapter 4. Barbados: wild extravagance
- Afterword: standing half-amazed
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Isbn
- 9780812209143
- Label
- Seasons of misery : catastrophe and colonial settlement in Early America
- Title
- Seasons of misery
- Title remainder
- catastrophe and colonial settlement in Early America
- Statement of responsibility
- Kathleen Donegan
- Subject
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- Barbados
- Barbados -- Colonization | Historiography
- Barbados -- Colonization | History | Sources
- British colonies
- Colonization
- Colonization -- Historiography
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Historiography
- Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Historiography
- Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Sources
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Historiography
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History | Sources
- HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- Historiography
- History
- Social conditions
- Social history -- Historiography
- Sources
- To 1865
- United States
- United States -- Colonization | Historiography
- United States -- Colonization | History | Sources
- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Historiography
- United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865 -- Historiography
- United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865 -- History | Sources
- America
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "The stories we tell of American beginnings typically emphasize colonial triumph in the face of adversity. But the early years of English settlement in America were characterized by catastrophe: starvation, disease, extreme violence, ruinous ignorance, and serial abandonment. Seasons of Misery offers a provocative reexamination of the British colonies' chaotic and profoundly unstable beginnings, placing crisis--both experiential and existential--at the center of the story. At the outposts of a fledgling empire and disconnected from the social order of their home society, English settlers were both physically and psychologically estranged from their European identities. They could not control, or often even survive, the world they had intended to possess. According to Kathleen Donegan, it was in this cauldron of uncertainty that colonial identity was formed. Studying the English settlements at Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, and Barbados, Donegan argues that catastrophe marked the threshold between an old European identity and a new colonial identity, a state of instability in which only fragments of Englishness could survive amid the upheavals of the New World. This constant state of crisis also produced the first distinctively colonial literature as settlers attempted to process events that they could neither fully absorb nor understand. Bringing a critical eye to settlers' first-person accounts, Donegan applies a unique combination of narrative history and literary analysis to trace how settlers used a language of catastrophe to describe unprecedented circumstances, witness unrecognizable selves, and report unaccountable events. Seasons of Misery addresses both the stories that colonists told about themselves and the stories that we have constructed in hindsight about them. In doing so, it offers a new account of the meaning of settlement history and the creation of colonial identity."--Publisher's description
- "A provocative and remarkably original contribution that considers the agony of settlement in early America. Donegan writes so beautifully that readers might miss the audacity and innovation of her argument."--Jill Lepore, Harvard University
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Donegan, Kathleen
- Dewey number
- 973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- E162
- LC item number
- .D66 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Early American studies
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Frontier and pioneer life
- Frontier and pioneer life
- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Barbados
- Barbados
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- HISTORY
- British colonies
- Colonization
- Colonization
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Historiography
- Social conditions
- Social history
- America
- Barbados
- United States
- Label
- Seasons of misery : catastrophe and colonial settlement in Early America, Kathleen Donegan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-246) and index
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- online resource
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- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Contents
- Introduction: unsettlement -- chapter 1. Roanoke: left in Virginia -- chapter 2. Jamestown: things that seemed incredible -- chapter 3. Plymouth: scarce able to bury their dead -- chapter 4. Barbados: wild extravagance -- Afterword: standing half-amazed -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments
- Control code
- 864358403
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (260 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780812209143
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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- 22573/ctt4932ph
- 921d0efe-9371-4329-9b55-8215a68d5c40
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)864358403
- Label
- Seasons of misery : catastrophe and colonial settlement in Early America, Kathleen Donegan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-246) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: unsettlement -- chapter 1. Roanoke: left in Virginia -- chapter 2. Jamestown: things that seemed incredible -- chapter 3. Plymouth: scarce able to bury their dead -- chapter 4. Barbados: wild extravagance -- Afterword: standing half-amazed -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments
- Control code
- 864358403
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (260 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780812209143
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctt4932ph
- 921d0efe-9371-4329-9b55-8215a68d5c40
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)864358403
Subject
- Barbados
- Barbados -- Colonization | Historiography
- Barbados -- Colonization | History | Sources
- British colonies
- Colonization
- Colonization -- Historiography
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Historiography
- Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Historiography
- Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Sources
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Historiography
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History | Sources
- HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- Historiography
- History
- Social conditions
- Social history -- Historiography
- Sources
- To 1865
- United States
- United States -- Colonization | Historiography
- United States -- Colonization | History | Sources
- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Historiography
- United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865 -- Historiography
- United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865 -- History | Sources
- America
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