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Migration and the Origins of the English Atlantic World

England's seventeenth-century colonial empire in North America and the Caribbean was created by migration. The quickening pace of this essential migration is captured in the London port register of 1635, the largest extant port register for any single year in the colonial period and unique in its record of migration to America and to the European continent. Alison Games analyzes the 7,500 people who traveled from London in that year, recreating individual careers, exploring colonial societies at a time of emerging viability, and delineating a world sustained and defined by migration. The colonial travelers were bound for the major regions of English settlement--New England, the Chesapeake, the West Indies, and Bermuda--and included ministers, governors, soldiers, planters, merchants, and members of some major colonial dynasties--Winthrops, Saltonstalls, and Eliots. Many of these passengers were indentured servants. Games shows that however much they tried, the travelers from London were unable to recreate England in their overseas outposts. They dwelled in chaotic, precarious, and hybrid societies where New World exigencies overpowered the force of custom. Patterns of repeat and return migration cemented these inchoate colonial outposts into a larger Atlantic community. Together, the migrants' stories offer a new social history of the seventeenth century. For the origins and integration of the English Atlantic world, Games illustrates the primary importance of the first half of the seventeenth century.

These interpretations have depended heavily on English temperament or
geographic origin as main explanations for the varied nature of colonial societies.
But the men and women who ventured to the American colonies in 1635 varied in
other important features, especially demographic attributes captured in age
structures and sex ratios, which were equally significant in constraining overseas
travel and colonial settlements. The consequence of these variations was
skewed ...

FUGITIVE JUSTICE

Tells the stories of three of the most dramatic fugitive-slave trials of the 1850s, bringing to life the determination of the fugitives, the radical tactics of their rescuers, the brutality of the slave hunters and the response of the federal courts.

trials of the Oberlin rescuers attracted national attention in the spring and summer
of 1859, but they were soon overshadowed by events. Before the end of the year,
John Brown staged his attack at Harpers Ferry, only to be captured and hanged
for murder and treason. Brown's execution was inevitable from the moment of he
was taken prisoner, but the Virginia au- thorities still proceeded with the formality
of a trial. That trial provided Brown with the opportunity to deliver his defiant final
 ...

Islam and the Secular State

What should be the place of Shari'a - Islamic religious law - in predominantly Muslim societies of the world? In this book, a Muslim scholar and human rights activist envisions a positive and sustainable role for Shari'a, based on a profound rethinking of the relationship between religion and the secular state in all societies.

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im Na, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad Naʻīm. CHAPTER. 3.
Constitutionalism,. Human. Rights,. and. Citizenship. In this chapter I will discuss
constitutionalism, human rights, and citizenship as an integrated framework for
regulating the practical way secularism works to negotiate the tension between
the religious neutrality of the state and the connectedness of Islam and public
policy. Constitutionalism provides a legal and political framework for realizing
and ...

Origins of the Modern Mind

Three Stages in the Evolution of Culture and Cognition

This bold and brilliant book asks the ultimate question of life sciences: How did the human mind acquire its incomparable power? Origins of the Modern Mind traces the evolution of human culture and cognition from primitive apes to the era of artificial intelligence, and presents an original theory of how the human mind evolved from its presymbolic form. Illustrated with line drawings.

landic cortex, one for light touch, another for deep touch, and separate maps for
muscle, joint, and tendon sensation. Each map is topographical and proportional
to the discriminatory sensitivity of areas of the body. But the body maps of ...

The Fragile Wisdom

Women’s physiology evolved to aid reproduction, not to reduce disease. Any trait—however detrimental to post-reproductive health—is preserved in the next generation if it increases the chances of having offspring who will survive and reproduce. For this reason, the author argues, many common diseases are especially difficult for women to prevent.

Poor nutritional status of adolescent girls can further deteriorate once they
become pregnant. An adult woman needs energy only to support her basal
metabolism and physical activity, but an adolescent must, in addition, allocate
energy for ...

The Wisdom of the Ego

One of America's preeminent psychiatrists gives us an exhilarating look at how the mind's defenses work, how they evolve and change, and so, change us. In compelling portraits of obscure and famous lives, Vaillant charts the evolution of the ego's defenses, from the psychopathic to the sublime and from the mundane to the most ingenious.

In achieving an independent identity, an adolescent need be of value only to
herself. ... the development of stable occupational identity.19 Although he
sometimes tried to link career with adolescent identity formation, he remained
uncertain.

The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan

[This book] explores ... how has a seemingly anachronistic band of religious zealots managed to retain a tenacious foothold in the struggle for Afghanistan's future.... [It] investigates ... questions relating to the character of the Taliban, its evolution over time, and its capacity to affect the future of the region.--Dust jacket.

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Rahman (Amir), 37, 144, 162-166, 188, 338, 383n40, 384nl0 Abdul Rahman
Khan. See Abdul Rahman (Amir) Abu Ghraib, 340; Taliban criticism of, 354 al-Adl
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