Subject Matter: Technology, the Body, and Science on the Anglo-American Frontier, 1500-1676 PDF
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SubjectMatter Subject Matter Technology, the Body, and Science on the Anglo-American Frontier, 1500–1676 J O Y C E E . C H A P L I N HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge,Massachusetts,andLondon,England Copyright©2001bythePresidentandFellowsofHarvardCollege Allrightsreserved PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Thirdprinting,2003 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Chaplin,JoyceE. Subjectmatter : technology,thebody,andscienceontheAnglo-Americanfrontier, 1500–1676 / JoyceE.Chaplin. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferences(p. )andindex. ISBN0-674-00453-1(cloth) ISBN0-674-01122-8(paper) 1.NorthAmerica—History—Colonialperiod,ca.1600–1775. 2.Frontierandpioneer life—NorthAmerica. 3.GreatBritain—Colonies—America—Socialconditions. 4.NorthAmerica—Racerelations. 5.Colonists—NorthAmerica—Attitudes. 6.IndiansofNorthAmerica—FirstcontactwithEuropeans. 7.Imperialism—Social aspects—NorthAmerica—History. 8.Humanbody—Socialaspects—NorthAmerica— History. 9.Science—Socialaspects—NorthAmerica—History. 10.Technology—Social aspects—NorthAmerica—History. I.Title. E46.C482001 973.1(cid:1)7—dc21 00-050028 ForDavid Contents ListofTablesandFigures ix Acknowledgments xi Prologue:Noses,orTheTipoftheProblem 1 I ApproachingAmerica,1500–1585 1 TransatlanticBackground 7 2 TechnologyversusIdolatry? 36 II InvadingAmerica,1585–1660 3 NoMagicBullets:Archery,Ethnography, andMilitaryIntelligence 79 4 DomesticatingAmerica 116 5 DeathandtheBirthofRace 157 III ConqueringAmerica,1640–1676 6 HowImprovementTrumpedHybridity 201 7 GenderandtheArtificialIndianBody 243 viii (cid:127) Contents 8 MatterandManitou 280 Coda 321 Notes 327 Index 391 Tables and Figures Tables Table1SkilledpersonnelonMartinFrobisher’sthreevoyages, 1576–1578 48 Table2Bowsasapercentageofportableweapons 98 Figures Renaissancenovareperta 2 SealoftheMassachusettsBayColony 26 TwoviewsofIndiantechnicalabilities: TheodordeBryversusRobertBeverley 37 MapofMetaIncognita 46 Algonquianarcherfrom“HistoirenaturelledesIndes” 104 RoanokarcherfromdeBry,America 105 Nativespaintedagainstthecold 138 AmericaasseductiveAmazon 162 ListofweaponsinTradescant’sArk 234 Restorationnovareperta 317
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