New World orders : violence, sanction, and authority in the colonial Americas

Author(s)

• Smolenski, John
• Humphrey, Thomas J.

Bibliographic Information

New World orders : violence, sanction, and authority in the colonial Americas

edited by John Smolenski and Thomas J. Humphrey

（Early American studies）

University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-353) and index

Contents of Works

• Introduction : the ordering of authority in the Colonial Americas / John Smolenski
• Law's wilderness : the discourse of English colonizing, the violence of intrusion, and the failures of American history / Christopher Tomlins
• Dialogical encounters in a space of death / Richard Price
• The authority of gender : marital discord and social order in Colonial Quito / Kimberly Gauderman
• Private and state violence against African slaves in Lower Louisiana during the French period, 1699-1769 / Cécile Vidal
• Violence or sex? : constructions of rape and race in early America / Sharon Block
• The murder of jacob rabe : contesting Dutch colonial authority in the borderlands of northeastern Brazil / Mark Meuwese
• Forging cultures of resistance on two colonial frontiers : northwestern Mexico and eastern Bolivia / Cynthia Radding
• Sorcery and sovereignty : Senecas, citizens, and the contest for power and authority on the frontiers of the early American republic / Matthew Dennis
• Early modern Spanish citizenship : inclusion and exclusion in the old and the new world / Tamar Herzog
• Natural movements and dangerous spectacles : beatings, duels, and "play" in Saint Domingue / Gene E. Ogle
• Racial passing : informal and official "whiteness" in Colonial Spanish America / Ann Twinam

Description and Table of Contents

Description

As the geographic boundaries of early American history have expanded, so too have historians' attempts to explore the comparative dimensions of this history. At the same time, historians have struggled to find a conceptual framework flexible enough to incorporate the sweeping narratives of imperial history and the hidden narratives of social history into a broader, synthetic whole. No such paradigm that captures the two perspectives has yet emerged. New World Orders addresses these broad conceptual issues by reexamining the relationships among violence, sanction, and authority in the early modern Americas. More specifically, the essays in this volume explore the wide variety of legal and extralegal means-from state-sponsored executions to unsanctioned crowd actions-by which social order was maintained, with a particular emphasis on how extralegal sanctions were defined and used; how such sanctions related to legal forms of maintaining order; and how these patterns of sanction, embedded within other forms of colonialism and culture, created cultural, legal, social, or imperial spaces in the early Americas. With essays written by senior and junior scholars on the British, Spanish, Dutch, and French colonies, New World Orders presents one of the most comprehensive looks at the sweep of colonization in the Atlantic world. By juxtaposing case studies from Brazil, Venezuela, New York, California, Saint Domingue, and Louisiana with treatments of broader trends in Anglo-America or Spanish America more generally, the volume demonstrates the need to examine the questions of violence, sanction, and authority in hemispheric perspective.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Ordering of Authority in the Colonial Americas -John Smolenski PART I. NARRATING VIOLENCE AND LEGALITY Introduction to Part I 1. Law's Wilderness: The Discourse of English Colonizing, the Violence of Intrusion, and the Failures of American History -Christopher Tomlins 2. Dialogical Encounters in a Space of Death -Richard Price PART II. AUTHORITY AND INTIMATE VIOLENCE Introduction to Part II 3. The Authority of Gender: Marital Discord and Social Order in Colonial Quito -Kimberly Gauderman 4. Private and State Violence Against African Slaves in Lower Louisiana During the French Period, 1699-1769 -Cecile Vidal 5. Violence or Sex? Constructions of Rape and Race in Early America -Sharon Block PART III. COLONIAL SPACE AND POWER Introduction to Part III 6. The Murder of Jacob Rabe: Contesting Dutch Colonial Authority in the Borderlands of Northeastern Brazil -Mark Meuwese 7. Forging Cultures of Resistance on Two Colonial Frontiers: Northwestern Mexico and Eastern Bolivia -Cynthia Radding 8. Sorcery and Sovereignty: Senecas, Citizens, and the Contest for Power and Authority on the Frontiers of the Early American Republic -Matthew Dennis PART IV. RACE, CITIZENSHIP, AND COLONIAL IDENTITY Introduction to Part IV 9. Early Modern Spanish Citizenship: Inclusion and Exclusion in the Old and the New World -Tamar Herzog 10. Natural Movements and Dangerous Spectacles: Beatings, Duels, and "Play" in Saint Domingue -Gene E. Ogle 11. Racial Passing: Informal and Official "Whiteness" in Colonial Spanish America -Ann Twinam Afterword -Thomas Humphrey List of Abbreviations Contributors Acknowledgments Index

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Details

• NCID: BA75672580
• ISBN:
  • 0812238958
• LCCN: 2005042306
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 362 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E18.82
  • DC22 : 973.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : America -- History -- To 1810
  • LCSH : Violence -- America -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA28317991