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Pestana, Carla Gardina.
Subjects
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America.
Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1603-1688.
Jamaica -- History -- To 1962.
Jamaica -- Colonization.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Spain.
Spain -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
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Pestana, Carla Gardina.
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America.
Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1603-1688.
Jamaica -- History -- To 1962.
Jamaica -- Colonization.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Spain.
Spain -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
MARC Display
The
English
conquest
of
Jamaica
:
Oliver
Cromwell
's
bid
for
empire
/ Carla Gardina Pestana.
by
Pestana, Carla Gardina.
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
Call #:
972.9202 P476e
Subjects
Cromwell
,
Oliver
, 1599-1658.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America.
Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1603-1688.
Jamaica
-- History -- To 1962.
Jamaica
-- Colonization.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Spain.
Spain -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
ISBN:
9780674737310 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Jamaica
:
Oliver
Cromwell
's
bid
for
empire
Description:
362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-347) and index.
Contents:
Preparation -- Expectations -- Hispaniola -- Failure --
Jamaica
-- Imagining -- Surviving -- Conquering -- Settling.
Summary:
"In 1654, England'
s
Lord Protector
Oliver
Cromwell
conceived a plan of breathtaking ambition: the
conquest
of Spain's vast American
empire
. As the first phase of his Western Design, a large expedition sailed to the West Indies, under secret orders to take Spanish colonies. The
English
Conquest
of
Jamaica
presents entrenched imperial fantasies confronting Caribbean realities. It captures the moment when the revolutionary
English
state first became a major player in the Atlantic arena. Although capturing
Jamaica
was supposed to be only the first step in
Cromwell
's scheme, even that relatively modest acquisition proved difficult. The
English
badly underestimated the myriad challenges they faced, starting with the unexpectedly fierce resistance offered by the Spanish and other residents who tenaciously defended their island. After sixteen long years Spain surrendered
Jamaica
and acceded to an
English
presence in the Americas in the 1670 Treaty of Madrid. But by then, other goals--including profit through commerce rather than further conquest--had superseded the vision behind the Western Design. Carla Gardina Pestana situates
Cromwell
's imperial project in the context of an emerging Atlantic
empire
as well as the religious strife and civil wars that defined seventeenth-century England. Though falling short of its goal,
Cromwell
's plan nevertheless reshaped England'
s
Atlantic endeavors and the Caribbean region as a whole. Long before sugar and slaves made
Jamaica
Britain'
s
most valuable colony, its acquisition sparked conflicts with other European powers, opened vast tropical spaces to exploitation by the purportedly industrious
English
, and altered England'
s
engagement with the wider world. Carla Gardina Pestana is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of The
English
Atlantic in an Age of Revolution, 1640-1661"--Provided by publisher.
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