The Disputatious Caribbean

The Disputatious Caribbean

by S. Barber

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"This ground-breaking history of the 'Torrid Zone' offers a comprehensive and powerfully rich exploration of the Anglophone world from Carolina to Suriname and around the Caribbean. Drawing on decades of work with thousands of overlooked and underused manuscript sources, author Sarah Barber overturns the accreted British and American historiographies of the early colonial Americas, offering instead a vernacular history that skillfully negotiates diverse locations, periodizations, and the fraught waters of ethnicity and gender. The result is a history of lived experience that, while focusing on the years before systematized Empire, has significant implications for the broader history of the Atlantic world"--

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    Barber's stated goal is to "overturn the accreted British and American historiographies." What specific historical narratives or assumptions did this book challenge for you, and how did her "vernacular history" approach reshape your understanding of the early colonial Americas?

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    The book draws on "thousands of overlooked and underused manuscript sources." How did Barber's deep dive into these primary materials illuminate the "lived experience" of the region, and what new perspectives did these sources bring to light for you?

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    Barber skillfully navigates "diverse locations, periodizations, and the fraught waters of ethnicity and gender." Which particular examples or case studies from the book most powerfully illustrated the complexities of these factors for you?

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