Atlantic History. Concept and Contours
Editorial HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
- Publisher HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780674016880
- ISBN10 0674016882
- Type Book
- Pages 149
- Published 2005
- Language English
- Bookbinding Cloth
Sections
Universal Modern HistoryAtlantic History. Concept and Contours
Editorial HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
Book Details
"Atlantic history is a newly and rapidly developing field of historical study. Bringing together elements of early modern European, African, and American history - their common, comparative, and interactive aspects - Atlantic history embraces essentials of Western civilization, from the first contacts of Europe with the Western Hemisphere to the independence movements and the globalizing industrial revolution. In these essays, Bernard Bailyn explores the origins of the subject, its rapid development, and its impact on historical study." He first considers Atlantic history as a subject of historical inquiry - how it evolved as a product of both the pressures of post-World War II politics and the internal forces of scholarship itself. He then outlines major themes in the subject over the three centuries following the European discoveries.