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A cultural history of the Atlantic world, 1250-1820
- Title
- A cultural history of the Atlantic world, 1250-1820 / John K. Thornton.
- Author
- Thornton, John K. (John Kelly), 1949-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 13-2332 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- xviii, 543 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1820 explores the idea that strong links exist in the histories of Africa, Europe and North and South America. John K. Thornton provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the Atlantic Basin before 1830 by describing political, social and cultural interactions between the continents' inhabitants. He traces the backgrounds of the populations on these three continental landmasses brought into contact by European navigation. Thornton then examines the political and social implications of the encounters, tracing the origins of a variety of Atlantic societies and showing how new ways of eating, drinking, speaking and worshipping developed in the newly created Atlantic World. This book uses close readings of original sources to produce new interpretations of its subject"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- pt. I. The Atlantic background. The formation of the Atlantic world, 1250-1600 -- pt. II. Three Atlantic worlds. The European background -- The African background -- The American world, 1450-1700 -- pt. III. The nature of encounter and its aftermath. Conquest -- Colonization -- Contact -- pt. IV. Culture transition and change. Transfer and retention in language -- Aesthetic change -- Religious stability and change -- The revolutionary moment in the Atlantic.
- Call Number
- Sc E 12-1237
- ISBN
- 9780521898751 (hardback)
- 0521898757 (hardback)
- 9780521727341 (paperback)
- 0521727340 (paperback)
- LCCN
- 2012006482
- OCLC
- 815281823
- Author
- Thornton, John K. (John Kelly), 1949-
- Title
- A cultural history of the Atlantic world, 1250-1820 / John K. Thornton.
- Imprint
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 12-1237JFE 13-2332