Humanism and the Ingenious Machine: Richard Ligon's True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados.

This essay argues that Ligon's History represents Barbados as a space where the ontological blending of organisms and mechanisms is a fundamental aspect of the natural world, and it suggests that the recognition of this fact would lead to a more productive and ethical commonwealth. On the one hand,...

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Published in:	Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 95 - 123
Main Author:	MITSEIN, REBEKAH
Format:	Essay
Published:	University of Pennsylvania Press Winter2016
Subjects:	Humanism Sugar factories Working class Ligon, Richard Nature & artifice Early Modern Period (Literary period) Barbados
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