Atlantic lives : a comparative approach to early America /
"Atlantic Lives offers insight into the lived experiences of a range of actors in the early modern Atlantic World. Organized thematically, each chapter features primary source selections from a variety of non-traditional sources, including travel narratives from West Africa, the Caribbean, and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Preface to the second edition
- Introduction: what is Atlantic history?
- Into the Atlantic crucible
- The Columbian exchange
- Captivities
- Religion and conversion
- West Africa and the Atlantic slave trade
- The plantation complex in the Caribbean
- The Spanish and Portuguese in the Americas
- The Dutch, French, and English in North America
- The wooden world: maritime labor and piracy
- The Atlantic highway: European migrations
- Interracial marriage and sexuality in the Atlantic world
- Enlightenment and revolution
- Out of the Atlantic crucible
- Chronology of important events in Atlantic world history.