The Atlantic world : Europeans, Africans, Indians and their shared history, 1400-1900 / Thomas Benjamin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benjamin, Thomas, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Modern.

Culture conflict.

History.

Atlantic Ocean Region--History.

Atlantic Ocean Region.

Culture conflict--Atlantic Ocean Region--History.

Physical Description:

xxx, 721 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Contents:

Part I The Ocean Shall Unloose the Bonds of Things 1

Chapter 1 Antecedents: The Americas, Africa and Europe in the Fifteenth Century 6

Chapter 2 Commencement: The European Opening of the Atlantic Ocean 52

Chapter 3 Conquests: Forging the Iberian Empires in Africa and the Americas 105

Chapter 4 Realms: The Overseas Empires of Spain and Portugal 161

Part II Europe Supported by Africa and America 209

Chapter 5 Incursions: The French, English and Dutch Invasions of the Iberian Atlantic 214

Chapter 6 Engagement: The Entangled Worlds of Indians and Europeans 273

Chapter 7 Uprooted: West Africa, the Americas and the Atlantic Slave Trade 326

Chapter 8 Bondage: The Atlantic Plantation Complex and the Cultures of Slavery 373

Chapter 9 Partners: Women and Men in the Making of the Atlantic World 420

Part III A New Order of the Ages 465

Chapter 10 Rivals: Great Britain and France in the Long Eighteenth Century 472

Chapter 11 Liberty: The Atlantic World in the Age of Revolution 517

Chapter 12 Equality: The Atlantic World in the Age of Revolution 567

Chapter 13 Freedom: The Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade and New World Slavery 615.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 675-698) and index.

ISBN:

9780521850995

0521850991

9780521616492

0521616492

OCLC:

233543882