The history and present state of Virginia
by Robert Beverley with an introduction by Susan Scott Parrish; editorial assistance by Daphna Atias and Helen C. Rountree; transcription by M. Kathryn Burdette
- Resource Type:
- Book (Print/Paper)
- Edition:
- A New Edition
- Publication:
- Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
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- Summary:
- Overview: While in London in 1705, Robert Beverley wrote and published The History and Present State of Virginia, one of the earliest printed English-language histories about North America by an author born there. Like his brother-in-law William Byrd II, Beverley was a scion of Virginia's planter elite, personally ambitious and at odds with royal governors in the colony. As a native-born American--most famously claiming "I am an Indian"--he provided English readers with the first thoroughgoing account of the province's past, natural history, Indians, and current politics and society. In this new edition, Susan Scott Parrish situates Beverley and his History in the context of the metropolitan-provincial political and cultural issues of his day and explores the many contradictions embedded in his narrative. Parrish's introduction and the accompanying annotation, along with a fresh transcription of the 1705 publication and a more comprehensive comparison of emendations in the 1722 edition, will open Beverley's History to new, twenty-first-century readings by students of transatlantic history, colonialism, natural science, literature, and ethnohistory.
- Table of Contents:
- A note on the texts
- The history
- Book I : The history of the first settlement of Virginia, and the government thereof, to the present time
- Book II : The natural productions and conveniencies of the country, suited to trade and improvement
- Book III : The native Indians, their religion, laws, and customs, in war and peace
- Book IV : The present state of the country, as to the polity of the government, and the improvements of the land.
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- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-305) and index.
- Physical Description:
- xxxix, 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Call Numbers:
- F229 .B593 2013
- ISBNs:
- 9781469607948 (cloth, alk. paper)
1469607948 (cloth, alk. paper) - Other Standard Numbers:
- [Unknown Type]: 40022523898
- Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2013002816
- OCLC Numbers:
- 827119994