Thomas Benjamin

The Atlantic World

Europeans, Africans, Indians and Their Shared History, 1400-1900

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Produktbeschreibung

The Atlantic World provides a comprehensive and lucid history of one of the most important and impactful cross-cultural encounters in human history. It describes the transformation of European, African, and American societies and the growth of new peoples, cultures, economies, and ideas between 1400 and 1900.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 752
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 1388g
• ISBN-13: 9780521616492
• ISBN-10: 0521616492
• Artikelnr.: 25043433

Autorenporträt

Thomas Benjamin is Professor of History and a member of the Center for Transnational and Comparative History at Central Michigan University. He is editor-in-chief of the three-volume Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism Since 1450 and co-editor of The Atlantic World in the Age of Empire.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Oceans Shall Unloose the Bonds of Things: 1. Antecedents: the
Americas, Africa and Europe in the fifteenth century; 2. Commencement: the
European opening of the Atlantic ocean; 3. Conquests: forging the Iberian
empires in Africa and the Americas; 4. Realms: the overseas empires of
Spain and Portugal; Part II. Europe Supported by Africa and America: 5.
Incursions: French, English and Dutch invasions of the Iberian Atlantic; 6.
Engagement: the entangled worlds of Indians and Europeans; 7. Uprooted:
West Africa, the Americas, and the Atlantic slave trade; 8. Bondage: the
Atlantic plantation complex and the cultures of slaves; 9. Partners: women
and men in the making of the Atlantic world; Part III. A New Order of the
Ages: 10. Rivals: Britain and France in the long eighteenth century; 11.
Liberty: the Atlantic world in the age of revolution; 12. Equality: the
Atlantic world in the age of revolution; 13. Freedom: the abolition of the
Atlantic slave trade and new world slavery.