Early North American history is a field in flux. In the last thirty years, the field of Atlantic History has transformed scholarly studies of colonial America, bringing to light the connections linking the Americas to Africa and Europe. Recently, though, historians have begun to question whether or not the Atlantic framework is too confining and artificial. Some historians have actually argued for keeping the orientation on the Western Hemisphere, or even on North America itself.
Early North America in Global Perspective collects the most interesting and innovative of the various...
Early North American history is a field in flux. In the last thirty years, the field of Atlantic History has transformed scholarly studies of colon...