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Atlantic Ocean : the illustrated history of the ocean that changed the world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sandler, Martin W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Sterling ; 2008.
Subjects:
Atlantic Ocean > History.
Table of Contents:
  • The Atlantic: Sea of Darkness
  • Exploration and discovery: Europeans encounter a New World
  • Impact of the New World: European and Native American cultures collide
  • Colonization: settling a New World
  • Slavery: inhuman bondage
  • The American Revolution: cutting ties across the Atlantic
  • The impact of the American Revolution: a new model for government
  • The Industrial Revolution: mechanization and the Atlantic world
  • New ships, new commerce: a new age of Atlantic trade
  • The great tide of immigration: a historic transfer of cultures
  • The Atlantic world confirmed: the 20th and 21st centuries.