288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Within the chronological framework of Implantation, Maturation and Transition, this book provides the history of European expansion in the Americas from the age of Columbus through the abolition of slavery. Suggesting a shift in the traditional units of analysis away from nationally defined boundaries, this volume considers all of the Americas - and Africa - to encourage students to see the larger... Read more
Editor’s preface 1 THE ATLANTIC WORLD AS A UNIT OF STUDY Part I Implantation, 1492–c.1650 2 ILLS 3 TRAGEDY AND SACRIFICE IN THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY 4 THE LABOR PROBLEM AT JAMESTOWN Part II Maturity c.1650–c.1770 5 THE COSMIC ORDER IN CRISIS 6 SLAVE RESISTANCE IN COLONIAL SOUTH CAROLINA 7 PORTS OF COLONIAL BRAZIL 8 THE FUR TRADE AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY IMPERIALISM Part III Transitions c.1770–1888 9 THE END OF THE OLD ATLANTIC WORLD: AMERICA, AFRICA, EUROPE, 1770–1888
Biography
Alan Karras, J.R. McNeill
