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The dissolution of the ill-starred Virginia Company in 1624 left Virginia — now England’s first royal colony — without a formal raison d'être. Most historians have suggested that the nascent local societies were anarchic, under the thrall of violent and unscrupulous men.
James Perry asserts the opposite: The Formation of a Society on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, 1615–1655 depicts emergent social cohesion. In a model of network analysis, Perry mines county court records to trace landholders through four decades — their land, families, neighborhoods, local and offshore economic relations, and institutions. A wealth of statistics documents their development from rudimentary beginnings to a more highly articulated society capable of resolving conflict and working toward communal good.
Perry’s methodology will serve as a model for analyzing other new settlements, particularly those lacking the close-knit religious bonds and contractual foundations of New England towns. His conclusions will reshape notions of the development of early Chesapeake society.
Originally published in 1990.
A UNC Press Enduring Edition — UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
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The dissolution of the ill-starred Virginia Company in 1624 left Virginia — now England’s first royal colony — without a formal raison d'être. Most historians have suggested that the nascent local societies were anarchic, under the thrall of violent and unscrupulous men.
James Perry asserts the opposite: The Formation of a Society on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, 1615–1655 depicts emergent social cohesion. In a model of network analysis, Perry mines county court records to trace landholders through four decades — their land, families, neighborhoods, local and offshore economic relations, and institutions. A wealth of statistics documents their development from rudimentary beginnings to a more highly articulated society capable of resolving conflict and working toward communal good.
Perry’s methodology will serve as a model for analyzing other new settlements, particularly those lacking the close-knit religious bonds and contractual foundations of New England towns. His conclusions will reshape notions of the development of early Chesapeake society.
Originally published in 1990.
A UNC Press Enduring Edition — UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
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The dissolution of the ill-starred Virginia Company in 1624 left Virginia — now England’s first royal colony — without a formal raison d'être. Most historians have suggested that the nascent local societies were anarchic, under the thrall of violent and unscrupulous men.
James Perry asserts the opposite: The Formation of a Society on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, 1615–1655 depicts emergent social cohesion. In a model of network analysis, Perry mines county court records to trace landholders through four decades — their land, families, neighborhoods, local and offshore economic relations, and institutions. A wealth of statistics documents their development from rudimentary beginnings to a more highly articulated society capable of resolving conflict and working toward communal good.
Perry’s methodology will serve as a model for analyzing other new settlements, particularly those lacking the close-knit religious bonds and contractual foundations of New England towns. His conclusions will reshape notions of the development of early Chesapeake society.
Originally published in 1990.
A UNC Press Enduring Edition — UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
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James R. Perry
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