A cultural history of the Atlantic world, 1250-1820 / John K. Thornton, Boston University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thornton, John K. (John Kelly), 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern.

Atlantic Ocean Region--History.

Atlantic Ocean Region.

Atlantic Ocean Region--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 543 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1820 explores the idea that strong links exist in the histories of Africa, Europe and North and South America. John K. Thornton provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the Atlantic Basin before 1830 by describing political, social and cultural interactions between the continents' inhabitants. He traces the backgrounds of the populations on these three continental landmasses brought into contact by European navigation. Thornton then examines the political and social implications of the encounters, tracing the origins of a variety of Atlantic societies and showing how new ways of eating, drinking, speaking and worshipping developed in the newly created Atlantic World. This book uses close readings of original sources to produce new interpretations of its subject.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Part I. The Atlantic Background: 1. The foundation of the Atlantic world, 1250-1600; Part II. Three Atlantic Worlds: 2. The European background; 3. The African background; 4. The American world, 1450-1700; Part III. The Nature of Encounter and its Aftermath: 5. Conquest; 6. Colonization; 7. Contact; Part IV. Culture Transition and Change: 8. Transfer and retention in language; 9. Aesthetic change; 10. Religious stability and change; 11. The revolutionary moment in the Atlantic.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-53967-1

1-316-08921-5

1-283-61072-8

1-139-02172-9

9786613923172

1-139-52686-3

1-139-53152-2

1-139-52566-2

1-139-53033-X

1-139-52805-X

OCLC:

811408616