The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800

ISBN-13: 9780230202344 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 416 str.

David Armitage; Michael J. Braddick

Opis

This text was the first edited collection on the burgeoning history of the early modern Atlantic world and has had a huge impact on the many fields of Atlantic Studies. This second edition features two new essays on science and global history respectively, as well as a revised Introduction and updated guides to further reading.

Spis treści

List of Maps.- List of Tables.- Notes on Contributors.- Preface; B.Bailyn.- Introduction; D.Armitage& M.J.Braddick.- PART I: FRAMEWORKS.- Three Concepts of Atlantic History; D.Armitage.- PART II: CONNECTIONS.- Migration; A.Games.- Economy; N.Zahedieh.- Religion; C.G.Pestana.- Science; J.Delbourgo.- PART III: IDENTITIES.- Civility and Authority; M.J.Braddick.- Gender; S.M.S.Pearsall.- Class; K.Wrightson.- Race; J.E.Chaplin.- PART IV: POLITICS.- Empire and State; E.Mancke.- Revolution and Counter-Revolution; E.H.Gould.- The Politics of Slavery; C.L.Brown.- PART V: PERSPECTIVES.- Atlantic History: A Circumnavigation; J.H.Elliott.- The Atlantic in Global Perspective; L.Benton.- Notes.- Further Reading.- Index.

O autorze

DAVID ARMITAGE is Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University, USA.

MICHAEL J. BRADDICK is Professor of History at the University of Sheffield, UK.