Atlantic history : concept and contours Bernard Bailyn

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailyn, Bernard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atlantic Ocean Region--Historiography.

Atlantic Ocean Region.

Physical Description:

149 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.

Summary:

"Atlantic history is a newly and rapidly developing field of historical study. Bringing together elements of early modern European, African, and American history - their common, comparative, and interactive aspects - Atlantic history embraces essentials of Western civilization, from the first contacts of Europe with the Western Hemisphere to the independence movements and the globalizing industrial revolution. In these essays, Bernard Bailyn explores the origins of the subject, its rapid development, and its impact on historical study." "He first considers Atlantic history as a subject of historical inquiry - how it evolved as a product of both the pressures of post-World War II politics and the internal forces of scholarship itself. He then outlines major themes in the subject over the three centuries following the European discoveries."--Jacket.

Contents:

Preface

The Idea of Atlantic history

On the contours of Atlantic history

Notes

Acknowledgements

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bailyn, Bernard. Atlantic history.

ISBN:

0674016882

9780674016880

OCLC:

56733119

Publisher Number:

9780674016880

Online:

Klappentext