Another's Country: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives on Cultural Interactions in the Southern Colonies

Another's Country: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives on Cultural Interactions in the Southern Colonies
ISBN-10
0817311297
ISBN-13
9780817311292
Category
History
Pages
303
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
University of Alabama Press
Authors
Martha A. Zierden, J. W. Joseph

Description

The 18th-century South was a true melting pot, bringing together colonists from England, France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, and other locations, in addition to African slaves-all of whom shared in the experiences of adapting to a new environment and interacting with American Indians. The shared process of immigration, adaptation, and creolization resulted in a rich and diverse historic mosaic of cultures. The cultural encounters of these groups of settlers would ultimately define the meaning of life in the 19th-century South. The much-studied plantation society of ...

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