Robert Cole's World: Agriculture and Society in Early Maryland

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Robert Cole's World: Agriculture and Society in Early Maryland (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)

In 1652 Robert Cole, an English Catholic, moved with his family and servants to St. Mary's County, Maryland. Using this family's story as a case study, the authors of Robert Cole's World provide an intimate portrait of the social and economic life of a middling planter in the seveneenth-century Chesapeake, including work routines and agricultural techniques, the upbringing of children, neighborhood relationships and community formation, and the role of religion. The Cole Plantation account, a record that details what the plantation produced, consumed, purchased, and sold over a twelve-year period, is the only known surviving document of its kind for seventeenth-century British America. Along with Cole's will, it serves as the framework around which the authors build their analysis. Drawing on these and other records, they present Cole as an exemplar of the ordinary planter whose success created the capital base for the slave-based plantation society of the eighteenth century.

Country	USA
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: The University of North Carolina Press
EAN	9780807843413
Edition	1st New edition
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0807843415
Label	The University of North Carolina Press
Manufacturer	The University of North Carolina Press
MPN	illustrations
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	384
PartNumber	illustrations
PublicationDate	1991-10-21
Publisher	The University of North Carolina Press
ReleaseDate	1991-10-21
Studio	The University of North Carolina Press

Robert Cole's World: Agriculture and Society in Early Maryland (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)