Atlantic American Societies: From Columbus Through Abolition, 1492-1888Alan L. Karras, John Robert McNeill Within the chronological framework of implantation, maturity and transition, this book provides the history of European expansion in the Americas from the age of Columbus through the abolition of slavery.Within a chronological framework of implantation, maturity and transition, this volume traces the history of European expansion in the Americas. Treating the Atlantic world as a unit, it emphasizes the links between Africa, Europe and the Americas, outlining the processes of transatlantic intercultural integration that began after Columbus' voyages. Atlantic American Societies collects some of the best recent scholarship and combines a variety of approaches from epidemiological to labour history and ethno history to explore the interdependence and interaction of West European, West African and Amerindian peoples and culture. |
Contents
THE ATLANTIC WORLD AS A UNIT OF STUDY | 1 |
ILLS | 19 |
TRAGEDY AND SACRIFICE IN THE HISTORY | 40 |
THE LABOR PROBLEM AT JAMESTOWN | 73 |
THE COSMIC ORDER IN CRISIS 66 | 99 |
SLAVE RESISTANCE IN COLONIAL SOUTH | 144 |
PORTS OF COLONIAL BRAZIL | 174 |
THE FUR TRADE AND EIGHTEENTHCENTURY | 212 |
Glossary | 269 |
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Atlantic American Societies: From Columbus Through Abolition, 1492-1888 Alan L. Karras,John Robert McNeill No preview available - 1992 |
Common terms and phrases
abolition African slave agricultural Amerindians areas Atlantic America Atlantic Europe Atlantic Slave Trade Atlantic world Bahia Brazil Brazilian ports British C. R. Boxer Cambridge Canada Canadian captives Caribbean carreira Charlestown Christian clergy coast colonial Colonial Brazil Columbian Exchange conquest Contrecoeur Crown cult cultural demographic developed disease Duquesne Dutch economic eighteenth century elite empire England English enslavement epidemic established Europe European France French fur trade Governor hinterland History idolatry importance Indians Iroquois Jamestown Journal labor land London major master Maya Maya religion merchants Mexico nations Negroes nineteenth century North America Notícia Old World pagan Parish Paulo Pernambuco plantations planters political population Portugal Portuguese Quebec region religion Rio de Janeiro ritual sacred sacrifice saints Salvador São Paulo SCCHJ settlers seventeenth century slave exports slave trade slavery smallpox social Society South Carolina Spain Spaniards Spanish St Augustine Stono sugar supply trans Vaudreuil vessels Virginia West York Yucatan
References to this book
Herbert E. Bolton and the Historiography of the Americas, Volume 5 Russell Magnaghi No preview available - 1998 |