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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791924403321

Autore

Kupperman Karen Ordahl <1939->

Titolo

The Atlantic in world history [[electronic resource] /] / Karen Ordahl Kupperman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-19-998655-X

1-283-57661-9

9786613889065

0-19-971373-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (166 p.) ; 23 cm

Collana

New Oxford world history

Disciplina

909/.09821

Soggetti

Social history

Atlantic Ocean Region History To 1500

Atlantic Ocean Region History 16th century

Atlantic Ocean Region History 17th century

Atlantic Ocean Region History 18th century

Atlantic Ocean Region Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Editors' Preface; INTRODUCTION: Thinking Atlantically; CHAPTER 1 Atlantic Memories; CHAPTER 2 Atlantic Beginnings; CHAPTER 3 Atlantic People; CHAPTER 4 Commodities: Foods, Drugs, and Dyes; CHAPTER 5 Eighteenth-Century Realities; EPILOGUE: The Atlantic; Chronology; Notes; Further Reading; Websites; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

As Europeans began to move into the Atlantic in the late fifteenth century, first encountering islands and then two continents across the sea, they initiated a process that revolutionized the lives of people everywhere. American foods enriched their diets. Furs, precious metals, dyes, and many other products underwrote new luxury trades, and tobacco became the first consumer craze as the price plummeted with ever-enlarging production.Much of the technology that made new



initiatives, such as sailing out of sight of land, possibly drew on Asian advances that came into Europe through North Africa