Within the chronological framework of implantation, maturity and transition, this volume traces the history of European expansion in the Americas. Treating the Atlantic world as a unit, it emphasizes the links between Africa, Europe and the Americas, outlining the process of transatlantic intercultural integration that began after Columbus' voyages. Atlantic American Societies collects some of the best recent scholarship and combines a variety of approaches from epidemiological to labour history and ethnohistory to explore the interdependence and interaction of West European, West African and...

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 inter-imperial issues which governed behaviour in both the new world and the old. It also provides students with a mechanism for viewing inter-imperial rivalries from the largest possible...