Adapting to a New World: English Society in the Seventeenth-
Century Chesapeake By James Horn Often compared unfavorably with
colonial New England, the early Chesapeake has been portrayed as
irreligious, unstable, and violent. In this important new study,
James Horn challenges this conventional view and looks across
the Atlantic to assess the enduring influence of English
attitudes, values, and behavior on the social and cultural
evolution of the early Chesapeake. (From the publisher's
description)