Caribbean Exchanges

[An] engaging study. . . . Amussen's rendition of life in seventeenth-century Jamaica and Barbados is focused, significantly detailed, and apt.--Clio

[A] well-written book. . . . Well done and informative. . . . An important contribution to the growing literature on the 17th-century English Atlantic World.--Choice

A lucidly organized and gracefully written work which builds effectively upon the insights of previous scholars.--Reviews in History

A thoughtful, imaginative, well-constructed book that will be debated widely by historians of England and the British Empire.--Journal of Modern History

Adds to the familiar picture. . . . Excellent book.--The Journal of American History

Amussen successfully reconstructs the seventeenth-century English Atlantic experience from a novel perspective as she documents transatlantic social influences.--The Historian

An excellent and detailed account of how English settlers adapted familiar ideas and expectations to Caribbean realities. . . . An important analysis.--Journal of British Studies

Fresh and insightful. . . . Offers a compelling account of how English involvement in colonial plantations had deep-seated and far-reaching implications for England itself.--Canadian Journal of History

Provides a valuable cultural perspective on early colonization projects . . . complements and extends the existing historical literature.--American Historical Review

Should be required reading in any undergraduate course focusing on Stuart England, and for historians and others interested in exploring the Atlantic world of the 17th century.--The Journal of African American History