Atlantic History
A Critical Appraisal
1st Edition
Published on 31. December 2008
382 pages
978-0-19-971771-2 (ISBN)
Description
Atlantic history, with its emphasis on inter-regional developments that transcend national borders, has risen to prominence as a fruitful perspective through which to study the interconnections among Europe, North America, Latin America, and Africa. These original essays present a comprehensive and incisive look at how Atlantic history has been interpreted across time and through a variety of lenses from the fifteenth through the early nineteenth century. Editors Jack P. Greene and Philip D. Morgan have assembled a stellar cast of thirteen international scholars to discuss key areas of Atlantic history, including the British, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, French, African, and indigenous worlds, as well as the movement of ideas, peoples, and goods. Other contributors assess contemporary understandings of the ocean and present alternatives to the concept itself, juxtaposing Atlantic history with global, hemispheric, and Continental history.
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Jack P. Greene is Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities Emeritus at Johns Hopkins University.
Philip D. Morgan is Harry C. Black Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction: The Present State of Atlantic History
- 1 The Atlantic Ocean and Its Contemporary Meanings, 1492-1808
- PART I: New Atlantic Worlds
- 2 The Spanish Atlantic System
- 3 The Portuguese Atlantic, 1415-1808
- 4 The British Atlantic
- 5 The French Atlantic
- 6 The Dutch Atlantic: From Provincialism to Globalism
- PART II: Old Worlds and the Atlantic
- 7 Indigenous America and the Limits of the Atlantic World, 1493-1825
- 8 Africa and the Atlantic, c. 1450 to c. 1820
- 9 Europe and the Atlantic
- PART III: Competing and Complementary Perspectives
- 10 From Atlantic History to a Continental Approach
- 11 Hemispheric History and Atlantic History
- 12 Atlantic History and Global History
- 13 Beyond Atlantic History
- Index
- A
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