About the book
Jack Temple Kirby charts the history of the low country between the James River in Virginia and Albemarle Sound in North Carolina. The Algonquian word for this country, which means 'swamp-on-a-hill,' was transliterated as 'poquosin' by seventeenth-century English settlers. Interweaving social, political, economic, and military history with the story of the landscape, Kirby shows how Native American, African, and European peoples have adapted to and modified this Tidewater area in the nearly four hundred years since the arrival of Europeans. Kirby argues that European settlement created a lasting division of the region into two distinct zones often in conflict with each other: the cosmopolitan coastal area, open to markets, wealth, and power because of its proximity to navigable rivers and sounds, and a more isolated hinterland, whose people and their way of life were gradually — and grudgingly — subjugated by railroads, canals, and war. Kirby’s wide-ranging analysis of the evolving interaction between humans and the landscape offers a unique perspective on familiar historical subjects, including slavery, Nat Turner’s rebellion, the Civil War, agricultural modernization, and urbanization.
Editions of Poquosin
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780807822142
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780807845271
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469623863
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890867681
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Jack Temple Kirby charts the history of the low country between the James River in Virginia and Albemarle Sound in North Carolina. The Algonquian word for this country, which means 'swamp-on-a-hill,' was transliterated as 'poquosin' by seventeenth-century English settlers. Interweaving social, political, economic, and military history with the story of the landscape, Kirby shows how Native American, African, and European peoples have adapted to and modified this Tidewater area in the nearly four hundred years since the arrival of Europeans. Kirby argues that European settlement created a lasting division of the region into two distinct zones often in conflict with each other: the cosmopolitan coastal area, open to markets, wealth, and power because of its proximity to navigable rivers and sounds, and a more isolated hinterland, whose people and their way of life were gradually — and grudgingly — subjugated by railroads, canals, and war. Kirby’s wide-ranging analysis of the evolving interaction between humans and the landscape offers a unique perspective on familiar historical subjects, including slavery, Nat Turner’s rebellion, the Civil War, agricultural modernization, and urbanization.
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What is Poquosin about?
Jack Temple Kirby charts the history of the low country between the James River in Virginia and Albemarle Sound in North Carolina. The Algonquian word for this country, which means 'swamp-on-a-hill,' was transliterated as 'poquosin' by seventeenth-century English settlers. Interweaving social, political, economic, and military history with the story of the landscape, Kirby shows how Native American, African, and European peoples have adapted to and modified this Tidewater area in the nearly four hundred years since the arrival of Europeans. Kirby argues that European settlement created a lasting division of the region into two distinct zones often in conflict with each other: the cosmopolitan coastal area, open to markets, wealth, and power because of its proximity to navigable rivers and sounds, and a more isolated hinterland, whose people and their way of life were gradually — and grudgingly — subjugated by railroads, canals, and war. Kirby’s wide-ranging analysis of the evolving interaction between humans and the landscape offers a unique perspective on familiar historical subjects, including slavery, Nat Turner’s rebellion, the Civil War, agricultural modernization, and urbanization.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Poquosin?
History and Archaeology > History > History of the Americas
Where can I read a sample of Poquosin?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780807822142
How long is Poquosin and how many pages does it have?
Poquosin has 320 page(s)
Is Poquosin part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Studies in Rural Culture
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Poquosin?
Jack Temple Kirby
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Poquosin is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780807822142) and paperback(ISBN 9780807845271) and ebook(ISBN 9781469623863) and pdf(ISBN 9798890867681)
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