Atlantic History A Critical Appraisal

Name: Atlantic History A Critical Appraisal
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ISBN: 9780195320343

ISBN-10: 0195320344

ISBN-13: 9780195320343

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jack P. Greene, Philip D. Morgan

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The second volume in the OUP/National History Center series, Reinterpreting History, this book offers an incisive look at how interpretations of the Atlantic world have changed over time and from a variety of national perspectives. Atlantic history, which developed in the 1970s and has become very popular in the past several years, looks at the transnational interconnections between Europe, North America, South America, and Africa, particularly in the early modern/colonial period, rather than understanding nations/states absent a broader global context. This volume discusses key areas of the Atlantic world, including the British, Dutch, French, Iberian, and African Atlantic, as well as the…

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List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/31/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 9.10" wide x 6.10" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English



Contributors


Introduction: The Present State of Atlantic History




The Atlantic Ocean and Its Contemporary Meanings, 1492-1808




New Atlantic Worlds



The Spanish Atlantic System




The Portuguese Atlantic, 1415-1808




The British Atlantic




The French Atlantic




The Dutch Atlantic: From Provincialism to Globalism




Old Worlds and the Atlantic



Indigenous America and the Limits of the Atlantic World, 1493-1825




Africa and the Atlantic, c. 1450 to c. 1820




Europe and the Atlantic




Competing and Complementary Perspectives



From Atlantic History to a Continental Approach




Hemispheric History and Atlantic




Atlantic History and Global History




Beyond Atlantic History



Index