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Appalachia as Contested Borderland of the Early Modern Atlantic, 1528-1715: Volume 574 (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies) - Softcover

Borchard, Kimberly C.

 
9780866986328: Appalachia as Contested Borderland of the Early Modern Atlantic, 1528-1715: Volume 574 (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0866986324 ISBN 13: 9780866986328
Publisher: ACMRS Press, 2021

Synopsis

While political activists have long decried the cultural and economic marginalization of Appalachia in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Appalachia has similarly been excluded from the study of colonial expansion, transatlantic conflict, and slavery in the early modern Atlantic world. Drawing on sources in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Latin, and English, this monograph underscores the chaotically international, polyglot nature of early Appalachian history and foregrounds the region as a locus of imperial conflict during the early modern period. It likewise explores the European obsession with Appalachian mineral resources from 1528 to 1715, reframing Appalachian history within the fields of Latin American, early American, and Atlantic history. Ultimately, Appalachia as Contested Borderland of the Early Modern Atlantic provides new perspectives for scholars and students and suggests new directions for research in Native American and Indigenous studies, environmental studies, and Appalachian studies.

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About the Author

Kimberly Borchard teaches at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia.

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Publisher
ACMRS Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0866986324
ISBN 13 
9780866986328
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
202