The Atlantic in world history / / Karen Ordahl Kupperman

• Autore: Kupperman Karen Ordahl <1939->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (166 p.) ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 909/.09821
• Soggetto topico: Social history
• Soggetto geografico: 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
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The Atlantic in world history
• ISBN: 0-19-998655-X; 1-283-57661-9; 9786613889065; 0-19-971373-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817249003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II