Atlantic History A Critical Appraisal

by Greene, Jack P.; Morgan, Philip D.

• ISBN13: 9780195320343
• ISBN10: 0195320344
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-31
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The second volume in the OUP/National History Center series, Reinterpreting History, this book offers an incisive look at how interpretations of the Atlantic world have changed over time and from a variety of national perspectives. Atlantic history, which developed in the 1970s and has becomevery popular in the past several years, looks at the transnational interconnections between Europe, North America, South America, and Africa, particularly in the early modern/colonial period, rather than understanding nations/states absent a broader global context. This volume discusses key areas of the Atlantic world, including the British, Dutch, French, Iberian, and African Atlantic, as well as the movement of ideas, peoples, and goods. It also offers critical perspectives of the concept itself, juxtaposing it with global and Continental history. The castof contributors is stellar and international, including scholars who have been at the forefront of teaching and research in this area. Together they will create a volume that introduces inexperienced students and general readers to Atlantic history, as well as offers new perspectives for scholars.Atlantic history is taught as its own course at a variety of universities, and Atlantic perspectives are incorporated into courses on early modern Europe, British history, colonial America, colonial Latin America, and African history.

Author Biography

Jack P. Greene is Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities Emeritus at Johns Hopkins University. Philip D. Morgan is Harry C. Black Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Introduction: The Present State of Atlantic History	p. 3
The Atlantic Ocean and Its Contemporary Meanings, 1492-1808	p. 35
New Atlantic Worlds
The Spanish Atlantic System	p. 55
The Portuguese Atlantic, 1415-1808	p. 81
The British Atlantic	p. 111
The French Atlantic	p. 137
The Dutch Atlantic: From Provincialism to Globalism	p. 163
Old Worlds and the Atlantic
Indigenous America and the Limits of the Atlantic World, 1493-1825	p. 191
Africa and the Atlantic, c. 1450 to c. 1820	p. 223
Europe and the Atlantic	p. 249
Competing and Complementary Perspectives
From Atlantic History to a Continental Approach	p. 279
Hemispheric History and Atlantic	p. 299
Atlantic History and Global History	p. 317
Beyond Atlantic History	p. 337
Index	p. 357
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