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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809432703321

Titolo

Atlantic history [[electronic resource] ] : a critical appraisal / / edited by Jack P. Greene, Philip D. Morgan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-771153-7

9789195320343

1-281-82588-3

9786611825881

0-19-971771-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Collana

Reinterpreting history

Altri autori (Persone)

GreeneJack P

MorganPhilip D. <1949->

Disciplina

909.82

909/.09821072

Soggetti

History, Modern - Historiography

Imperialism - Historiography

Atlantic Ocean Region Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 Approach11 Hemispheric History and Atlantic History; 12 Atlantic History and Global History; 13 Beyond Atlantic History; 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

Sommario/riassunto

An Introduction: The Present State of Atlantic History, Philip D. Morgan



and Jack P. Greene. 1. The Atlantic Ocean and Its Contemporary Meanings, 1492-1808, Joyce E. Chaplin (Harvard University). Section One: New Atlantic Worlds. 2. The Spanish Atlantic System, Kenneth J. Andrien (Ohio State University). 3. The Portuguese Atlantic, 1415-1808, A. J. R. Russell-Wood (Johns Hopkins University). 4. The British Atlantic, Trevor Burnard (University of Warwick, UK). 5. The French Atlantic, Laurent Dubois (Duke University). 6. The Dutch Atlantic: Provincialism and Globalism, Benjamin Schmidt (Universi