Atlantic American Societies: From Columbus Through Abolition, 1492-1888

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Alan L. Karras, John Robert McNeill
Psychology Press, 1992 - Education - 274 pages
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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J. R. McNeill is professor of history at Georgetown University. He is the author of "The Mountains of the Mediterranean World" & other works.

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