A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250–1820

by John K. Thornton

• ISBN13: 9780521898751
• ISBN10: 0521898757
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-08-27
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1820 explores the idea that strong linkages 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.

Table of Contents

The Atlantic Background

The foundation of the Atlantic world, 1250-1600

Three Atlantic Worlds

The European background

The African background

The American world, 1450-1700

The Nature of Encounter and its Aftermath

Conquest

Colonization

Contact

Culture Transition and Change

Transfer and retention in language

Aesthetic change

Religious stability and change

The revolutionary moment in the Atlantic

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