Format:
1 online resource (564 pages)
ISBN:
9781139530330
Content:
An overview of the history of the Atlantic Basin before 1830, describing interactions between the inhabitants of Africa, Europe and North and South America.
Content:
Cover -- A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1820 -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Maps -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I: THE ATLANTIC BACKGROUND -- I The Formation of the Atlantic World, 1250-1600 -- MASTERING THE ATLANTIC -- THE TWO WINGS OF EUROPEAN ATLANTIC EXPANSION -- THE AFRICAN WING OF EXPANSION -- THE ATLANTIC WING OF EXPANSION -- PART II: THREE ATLANTIC WORLDS -- 2 The European Background -- KINGS AND SOLDIERS -- ROYAL ASSERTION -- FINANCE AND EXPANSION -- 3 The African Background -- SLAVERY'S SPACE: THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE SLAVE TRADE -- AFRICA AND THE SLAVE TRADE: A PARADOX -- THE DYNAMICS OF ENSLAVEMENT -- STATE AND NATION: AFRICAN POLITICS -- THE FATE OF STATES AND ENSLAVEMENT -- 4 The American World, 1450-1700 -- EGALITARIAN DEMOCRACIES -- CARIBS -- THE MISKITO KINGDOM -- FREE ASSOCIATIONS IN BRAZIL -- IROQUOIANS -- MAPUCHE -- MINI-STATES -- EMERGING MINI-STATES: THE ALGONQUIAN WORLD: LOW AUTHORITY -- THE RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS: AMAZON, ORINOCO, AND RIO DE LA PLATA -- WESTERN CARIBBEAN MINI-STATES -- THE DISINTEGRATED EMPIRES: THE MAYA: HEIRS OF MAYAPÁN -- AFTER MONTE ALBÁN: OAXACA -- CAHOKIA'S REMAINS -- IMPERIAL STATES -- THE VALLEY OF MEXICO -- THE INCA EMPIRE -- PART III: THE NATURE OF ENCOUNTER AND ITS AFTERMATH -- 5 Conquest -- FRANCE, PORTUGAL, AND SPAIN IN THE CANARIES -- THE SPANISH IN THE CARIBBEAN: ALLIANCE AND CONQUEST -- THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO -- PERU -- NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA -- RIO DE LA PLATA -- THE PORTUGUESE IN ANGOLA: THE AFRICAN CONQUEST -- EXPLOITING THE CONQUESTS -- HISPANIOLA -- ENCOMIENDA IN MEXICO AND PERU -- PERU -- SLAVERY, RACE MIXING, AND LABOR -- THE POOR AREAS OF SPANISH AMERICA -- ANGOLA: A RICH POOR COLONY -- 6 Colonization -- COASTAL BRAZIL -- NORTHERN EUROPEANS IN NORTH AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN, AND SOUTH AMERICA.
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Cover; A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1820; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Maps; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: THE ATLANTIC BACKGROUND; I The Formation of the Atlantic World, 1250-1600; MASTERING THE ATLANTIC; THE TWO WINGS OF EUROPEAN ATLANTIC EXPANSION; THE AFRICAN WING OF EXPANSION; THE ATLANTIC WING OF EXPANSION; PART II: THREE ATLANTIC WORLDS; 2 The European Background; KINGS AND SOLDIERS; ROYAL ASSERTION; FINANCE AND EXPANSION; 3 The African Background; SLAVERY'S SPACE: THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE SLAVE TRADE
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AFRICA AND THE SLAVE TRADE: A PARADOXTHE DYNAMICS OF ENSLAVEMENT; STATE AND NATION: AFRICAN POLITICS; THE FATE OF STATES AND ENSLAVEMENT; 4 The American World, 1450-1700; EGALITARIAN DEMOCRACIES; CARIBS; THE MISKITO KINGDOM; FREE ASSOCIATIONS IN BRAZIL; IROQUOIANS; MAPUCHE; MINI-STATES; EMERGING MINI-STATES: THE ALGONQUIAN WORLD: LOW AUTHORITY; THE RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS: AMAZON, ORINOCO, AND RIO DE LA PLATA; WESTERN CARIBBEAN MINI-STATES; THE DISINTEGRATED EMPIRES: THE MAYA: HEIRS OF MAYAPÁN; AFTER MONTE ALBÁN: OAXACA; CAHOKIA'S REMAINS; IMPERIAL STATES; THE VALLEY OF MEXICO
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THE INCA EMPIREPART III: THE NATURE OF ENCOUNTER AND ITS AFTERMATH; 5 Conquest; FRANCE, PORTUGAL, AND SPAIN IN THE CANARIES; THE SPANISH IN THE CARIBBEAN: ALLIANCE AND CONQUEST; THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO; PERU; NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA; RIO DE LA PLATA; THE PORTUGUESE IN ANGOLA: THE AFRICAN CONQUEST; EXPLOITING THE CONQUESTS; HISPANIOLA; ENCOMIENDA IN MEXICO AND PERU; PERU; SLAVERY, RACE MIXING, AND LABOR; THE POOR AREAS OF SPANISH AMERICA; ANGOLA: A RICH POOR COLONY; 6 Colonization; COASTAL BRAZIL; NORTHERN EUROPEANS IN NORTH AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN, AND SOUTH AMERICA
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RICH AND POOR IN THE COLONIES OF THE NORTHERN EUROPEANS7 Contact; THE AFRICAN COAST; FRONTIERS WITH FREE ASSOCIATIONS IN THE AMERICAS; REDUCTIONS AND THE FRONTIER: IBERIAN STRATEGIES IN NORTHERN MEXICO; AN EQUESTRIAN FRONTIER: THE SOUTHERN CONE OF SOUTH AMERICA; THE CARIBBEAN FRONTIER: THE CENTRAL BASIN; NEW FORCES IN THE CENTRAL BASIN: BUCCANEERS AND RUNAWAYS; THE CARIBBEAN FRONTIER'S WESTERN END: CENTRAL AMERICA; THE CARIBBEAN FRONTIER'S SOUTHERN END: ORINOCO VALLEY; SLAVERY, A RUNAWAY'S KINGDOM AND REDUCTIONS IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL; THE AMAZON FRONTIER; RIO SÃO FRANCISCO; GRAN CHACO
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NORTH AMERICA: THE "MIDDLE GROUND"THE LOWER SOUTH; PART IV: CULTURE TRANSITION AND CHANGE; 8 Transfer and Retention in Language; RETENTION AND LOSS AND EUROPEAN SETTLERS; LANGUAGES AT HOME: THE FATE OF AFRICAN AND AMERICAN LANGUAGES IN CONQUESTS; LINGUAS FRANCA IN THE MIDDLE GROUND; THE END OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES IN AMERICA; 9 Aesthetic Change; MASS MATERIAL CULTURE: POTTERY; ELITE POTTERY TRADITIONS; NONELITE POTTERY; AFRICAN FASHION: A CONTACT ZONE; INDIGENOUS AMERICA; VIRTUOSITY: PRODUCER AND CONSUMER IN MUSIC AND FINE ARTS
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PATRONAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLASSICAL AND FOLK TRADITIONS IN EUROPE
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521898751
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521898751
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=977141
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