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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961891303321

Titolo

Atlantic history : 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

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The present state of Atlantic history / Philip D. Morgan and Jack P. Greene -- The Atlantic Ocean and Its contemporary meanings, 1492-1808 / Joyce E. Chaplin -- The Spanish Atlantic system / Kenneth J. Andrien -- The Portuguese Atlantic, 1415-1808 / A.J.R. Russell-Wood -- The British Atlantic / Trevor Burnard -- The French Atlantic / Laurent Dubois -- The Dutch Atlantic : from provincialism to globalism / Benjamin Schmidt -- Indigenous America and the limits of the Atlantic world, 1493-1825 / Amy Turner Bushnell -- Africa and the Atlantic, c. 1450 to c. 1820 / Philip D. Morgan -- Europe and the Atlantic / Carla Rahn Phillips -- From Atlantic history to a continental approach / Peter H. Wood -- Hemispheric history and Atlantic history / Jack P. Greene -- Atlantic history and global history / Nicholas Canny -- Beyond Atlantic history / Peter A. Coclanis.

Sommario/riassunto

This title offers an incisive look at how interpretations of the Atlantic



world have changed over time and from a variety of national perspectives. This volume discusses key areas of the Atlantic world, including the British, Dutch, French, Iberian, and African Atlantic, as well as the movement of ideas, peoples, and goods.