Atlantic American societies : from Columbus through abolition, 1492-1888 / edited by Alan L. Karras and J.R. McNeill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Karras, Alan L.

McNeill, John Robert.

Series:

Rewriting Histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

America--History--To 1810.

America.

America--Social conditions.

America--Civilization--European influences.

America--Civilization--African influences.

America--History--1810-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Editor's preface; Acknowledgments; THE ATLANTIC WORLD AS A UNIT OF STUDY Alan L.Karras; ILLS Alfred W.Crosby; TRAGEDY AND SACRIFICE IN THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY Patrick Manning; THE LABOR PROBLEM AT JAMESTOWN Edmund Morgan; THE COSMIC ORDER IN CRISIS Nancy M.Farriss; SLAVE RESISTANCE IN COLONIAL SOUTH CAROLINA Peter Wood; PORTS OF COLONIAL BRAZIL A.J.R.Russell-Wood; THE FUR TRADE AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY IMPERIALISM W.J.Eccles; THE END OF THE OLD ATLANTIC WORLD: AMERICA, AFRICA, EUROPE, 1770 1888 J.R.McNeill; Glossary; Select bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-274).

ISBN:

1-134-89407-4

1-134-89408-2

1-280-32545-3

0-203-20099-3

9780203200995

OCLC:

437082549