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Title The Atlantic world / edited by D'Maris Coffman, Adrian Leonard and William O'Reilly
Published London : Routledge, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 704 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series The Routledge worlds
Routledge worlds.
Contents Introduction: The Atlantic World : Definition, Theory, and Boundaries / D'Maris Coffman, Adrian Leonard and William O'Reilly, University of Cambridge -- Part 1. Atlantic Explorations -- Part 2. The Movement of Peoples -- Part 3. Cultural Encounters -- Part 4. Warfare and Governance -- Part 5. Religion -- Part 6. Credit, Finance and Money -- Part 7. Commerce, Consumption and Mercantile Networks -- Part 8. The Circulation of Ideas -- Conclusion: The future of Atlantic history / D'Maris Coffman and Adrian Leonard
Summary "As the meeting point between Europe, colonial America, and Africa, the history of the Atlantic world is a constantly shifting arena, but one which has been a focus of huge and vibrant debate for many years. In over thirty chapters, all written by experts in the field, The Atlantic World takes up these debates and gathers together key, original scholarship to provide an authoritative survey of this increasingly popular area of world history"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject World history.
HISTORY -- World.
Civilization
Economic history
World history
SUBJECT Atlantic Ocean Region -- Civilization
Atlantic Ocean Region -- History
Atlantic Ocean Region -- Economic conditions
Europe -- History -- 1492-1648. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045693
Europe -- History -- 1648-1789. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045700
Europe -- History -- 1789-1815. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045703
America -- History -- To 1810. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004264
Africa -- History -- To 1884. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001558
Subject Africa
America
Atlantic Ocean Region
Europe
Genre/Form Electronic books
handbooks.
History
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
Author Coffman, D'Maris, 1973- editor
Leonard, Adrian, editor.
O'Reilly, William, 1970- editor.
ISBN 9781317576051
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