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The Oxford Handbook of the Atlantic World. 1450-1850.
. Ed(S): Canny, Nicholas; Morgan, Philip D.
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Thirty-seven essays providing a comprehensive overview, covering the most essential aspects of Atlantic history from c.1450 to c.1850, offering a wide-ranging and authoritative account of the movement of people, plants, pathogens, products, and cultural practices-to mention some of the key agents-around and within the Atlantic basin. Editor(s): Canny, Nicholas; Morgan, Philip D. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 704 pages, 16 halftones and five maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJH; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 246 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1364.
The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive overview of Atlantic history from c.1450 to c.1850, offering a wide-ranging and authoritative account of the movement of people, plants, pathogens, products, and cultural practices-to mention some of the key agents--around and within the Atlantic basin. As a result of these movements, new peoples, economies, societies, polities, and cultures arose in the lands and islands touched by the Atlantic Ocean, while others were destroyed. The team of scholars in this volume seek to describe, explain, and, occasionally, challenge conventional wisdom concerning these path-breaking developments. They demonstrate connections, explore contrasts, and ... Read more
The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive overview of Atlantic history from c.1450 to c.1850, offering a wide-ranging and authoritative account of the movement of people, plants, pathogens, products, and cultural practices-to mention some of the key agents--around and within the Atlantic basin. As a result of these movements, new peoples, economies, societies, polities, and cultures arose in the lands and islands touched by the Atlantic Ocean, while others were destroyed. The team of scholars in this volume seek to describe, explain, and, occasionally, challenge conventional wisdom concerning these path-breaking developments. They demonstrate connections, explore contrasts, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Handbooks
Number of Pages
704
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199210879
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V9780199210879
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About . Ed(S): Canny, Nicholas; Morgan, Philip D.
Nicholas Canny is Academic Director, Moore Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, and President of the Royal Irish Academy. He has published widely on the history of early modern Ireland, early modern Britain, and the history of European colonization more generally, including Making Ireland British, 1580-1650 (2001) and (as editor) volume one in the Oxford History of the British Empire ... Read more
Reviews for The Oxford Handbook of the Atlantic World. 1450-1850.
We need to look at this world inside-out, and from bottom-to-top. The essays in this Handbook, while successfully reflecting the current state of the field, also provide some illuminating suggestions as to how we might yet do that.
Michael A. McDonnell, English Historical Review
Michael A. McDonnell, English Historical Review