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The Good Forest

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"The Good Forest tells a story of the possibilities and plans for colonization in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world and argues that the German Salzburger community at Ebenezer, Georgia, was a 'successful' effort at colonization during the Trustee era. The relative success of the Ebenezer settlement, furthermore, challenges the inherent environmental, cultural and economic determinism that has dominated Georgia history. That well-worn narrative often implies (or even explicitly states) that only a slave-based plantation economy - as implemented after the Trustee era - could 'succeed.' More than just telling a Georgia story, though, Karen Auman's study also illuminates the ways that some continental Germans were financially and socially committed to the success of the British colony"--

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780820366104
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 277
  • Published:
  • May 31, 2024
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x0 mm.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 1, 2024

Description of The Good Forest

"The Good Forest tells a story of the possibilities and plans for colonization in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world and argues that the German Salzburger community at Ebenezer, Georgia, was a 'successful' effort at colonization during the Trustee era. The relative success of the Ebenezer settlement, furthermore, challenges the inherent environmental, cultural and economic determinism that has dominated Georgia history. That well-worn narrative often implies (or even explicitly states) that only a slave-based plantation economy - as implemented after the Trustee era - could 'succeed.' More than just telling a Georgia story, though, Karen Auman's study also illuminates the ways that some continental Germans were financially and socially committed to the success of the British colony"--

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