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The Atlantic World : Europeans, Africans, Indians and their Shared History 1400-1900/ Thomas Benjamin.

By: Benjamin, Thomas, 1952-
Language: English Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: xxx, 721 p. : ill., maps, ports., ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0521616492 (pbk.); 9780521616492 (pbk); 0521850991; 9780521850995
Contents:
Contents: Antecedents: the Americas, Africa and Europe in the fifteenth century -- Commencement: the European opening of the Atlantic ocean -- Conquests: forging the Iberian empires in Africa and the Americas -- Realms: the overseas empires of Spain and Portugal -- Incursions: French, English and Dutch invasions of the Iberian Atlantic -- Engagement: the entangled worlds of Indians and Europeans -- Uprooted: West Africa, the Americas, and the Atlantic slave trade -- Bondage: the Atlantic plantation complex and the cultures of slaves -- Partners: women and men in the making of the Atlantic world -- Rivals: Britain and France in the long eighteenth century -- Liberty: the Atlantic world in the age of revolution -- Equality: the Atlantic world in the age of revolution -- Freedom: the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade and new world slavery.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Open Shelves KUA [BEN-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available M48086
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 675-698) and index.

Contents: Antecedents: the Americas, Africa and Europe in the fifteenth century -- Commencement: the European opening of the Atlantic ocean -- Conquests: forging the Iberian empires in Africa and the Americas -- Realms: the overseas empires of Spain and Portugal -- Incursions: French, English and Dutch invasions of the Iberian Atlantic -- Engagement: the entangled worlds of Indians and Europeans -- Uprooted: West Africa, the Americas, and the Atlantic slave trade -- Bondage: the Atlantic plantation complex and the cultures of slaves -- Partners: women and men in the making of the Atlantic world -- Rivals: Britain and France in the long eighteenth century -- Liberty: the Atlantic world in the age of revolution -- Equality: the Atlantic world in the age of revolution -- Freedom: the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade and new world slavery.