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Author Davies, K. G. (Kenneth Gordon)

Title The North Atlantic world in the seventeenth century / by K.G. Davies
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1974

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 366 pages) : maps
Series Europe and the world in the Age of Expansion ; v. 4
Europe and the world in the Age of Expansion ; v. 4.
Contents Chapter 1. Probes; Chapter 2. Planting; Chapter 3. People; Chapter 4. Products; Chapter 5. Government; Chapter 6. Impact; Chapter 7. Repercussions; Epilogue; Bibliographical Note; Index
Summary The North Atlantic World in the Seventeenth Century was first published in 1974. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. In his preface the author writes: "Europe's style was both courageous and ignoble, Europe's achievement both magnificent and appalling. There is less need now that Europe's hegemony is over, for pride or shame to color historical judgments." In that candid vein Mr. Davies provides a balanced and impartial history of British, French, and Dutch beginnings in North America, the Caribbean, and West Africa to the end of the seventeenth century. He contrasts two styles of empire: the planting of trading posts in order to gather fur, fish, and slaves; and the planting of people in colonies of settlement to grow tobacco and sugar. He shows that the first style, involving little outlay of capital, was favored by European merchants; the second, by rulers and landlords. In his conclusion he examines the impact made by the Europeans on the people they traded with and expropriated, and assesses the diplomatic, economic, and cultural repercussions of the North Atlantic on Europe itself."Should provide valuable supplementary reading in courses in British imperial and American colonial history, as well as a source of information for those who teach them." History
Analysis Civilization, Modern 17th century
Colonies History 17th century
Colonization History 17th century
North Atlantic Region History
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Colonies -- History
Colonization -- History
HISTORY -- Modern -- 17th Century.
Colonies.
Colonization.
Colonies -- History.
Colonization -- History.
Handel
Kolonialismus
Expansie (macht)
Europe -- History -- 17th century.
Atlantischer Ozean -- Nord
Europa
Nordamerika
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
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