"Fills a major gap in our knowledge of how the Old Empire
worked."--The Historian
"Every reader can learn plenty from reading the book closely.
Steele offers abundant detail on counless subjects....He has done
heroic quantities of archival research....An informative,
scholarly, thorough analysis."--Journal of Modern History
"Repays a careful reading not merely for its wealth of detail but
also because it suggests a promising perspective for considering
the English Atlantic world and, indeed, much of early American
history....It belongs on that small but growing shelf of
indispensable books on communications in colonial
America."--Technology and Culture
"A tour de force...By focusing on aspects of this history which
many social and economic historians simply ignore, he has made a
splendid contribution to what some of us think is the best sort of
new social history."--Canadian Journal of History
"Many scholars have seen the Atlantic Ocean as an intercontinental
divide separating England from her American colonies, creating
isolated societies. Early modern Atlantic communications have
ofteen been portrayed as slow, infrequent, and dangerous. In this
detailed and provocative study, Steele presents a challenging and
radical reinterpretation of such views."--CHOICE
"There is quite simply no antecedent work within the field to which
[this] can be compared....It is very rare that a book so original
in concept is also so comprehensive in its coverage and in the
depth of its research."--Richard Johnson, University of
Washington
"Steele has amassed and carefully interpreted a body of evidence,
both primary and secondary, unsurpassed in its richness and
comprehensiveness....He provides an excelletn background to the
role of communications before the period of disintegration leading
to 1776."--The Geographical Review
"Steele's well-researched and well-written study tells us much
about the workings of the English Atlantic world....A clearly
significant contribution to early modern historiography."--Business
History Review
"Excellent....Steele's novel perspective on Anglo-American history
and his meticulous mining of primary and secondary materials
combine to make this a book at once solid and exciting."--Journal
of American Studies
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