{"product_id":"the-atlantic-world-a-history-1400-1888-paperback","title":"The Atlantic World: A History, 1400 - 1888 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDouglas R. Egerton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlison Games\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJane G. Landers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the voyage of Columbus in 1492, the Atlantic Ocean stood as a barrier to contact between the people (and their ideas and institutions), plants, animals, and microbes of Eurasia and Africa on the one hand and the Americas on the other. Following Columbus's voyage, the Atlantic turned into a conduit for transferring these things among the four continents bordering the ocean in ways that affected people living on each of them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe appearance of The Atlantic World marks an important achievement, for it stands out as the first successful attempt to combine the many strains of Atlantic history into a comprehensive, thoughtful narrative. At the core of this ground-breaking and eloquently written survey lies a consideration of the relationships among people living in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with a focus on how these relationships played important roles--often the most important roles--in how the histories of the people involved unfolded. The ways of life of millions of people changed, sometimes for the better but often for the worse, because of their relationship to the larger Atlantic world. And unlike existing texts dealing with one or another aspect of Atlantic history, The Atlantic World does not subjugate the history of Africa and South America to those of the \"British Atlantic\" or Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith historians and other scholars beginning to reconceptualize the Atlantic World as a dynamic zone of exchange in which people, commodities, and ideas circulated from the mid-fifteenth century until the dawn of the twentieth century, the interconnections between people along the Atlantic rim create a coherent region, one in which events in one corner inevitably altered the course of history in another. As this book testifies, Atlantic history, properly understood, is history without borders--in which national narratives take backstage to the larger examination of interdependence and cultural transmission.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConceived of and produced by a team of distinguished authors with countless hours of teaching experience at the college level, this thoughtfully organized, beautifully written, and lavishly illustrated book will set the standard for all future surveys intended as a core text for the new and rapidly growing courses in Atlantic History.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDOUGLAS R. EGERTON\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Le Moyne College. He is the author of the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eDeath or Liberty: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAfrican Americans and the American Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eHe Shall Go Out Free: The Lives of Denmark Vesey (1999), Gabriel's Rebellion: The Virginia Slave Conspiracies of 1800 and 1802\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), and \u003ci\u003eCharles Fenton Mercer and the Trial of National Conservatism\u003c\/i\u003e (1989). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eALISON GAMES\u003c\/b\u003e teaches Atlantic history at Georgetown University, where she is the Dorothy M. Brown Distinguished Professor of History. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMigration and the Origins of the English Atlantic World\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), winner of the Theodore Saloutos Prize in Immigration and Ethnic History. She has written extensively on different aspects of Atlantic history, and her articles have appeared in such journals as \u003ci\u003eSlavery and Abolition, ltinerario\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eWilliam and Mary Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJANE LANDERS\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of History at Vanderbilt University and the author and editor of a number of books on Africans and the circum-Atlantic world, among them the prize-winning \u003ci\u003eBlack Society in Spanish Florida\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKRIS LANE\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of History at the College of William \u0026amp; Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. His books include \u003ci\u003ePillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas, 1500-1750\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) and \u003ci\u003eQuito, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e1599: City \u0026amp; Colony in Transition\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). His other published works treat the topics of piracy, slavery, gold mining, headhunting, and witchcraft in colonial Ecuador and Colombia. He is currently completing a book on the early modern emerald trade. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDONALD R. WRIGHT\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Teaching Professor of History at the State University of New York-Cortland, where he teaches African, African American, and world history. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe World and a Very Small Place in Africa: A History of Globalization in Niumi, The Gambia\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd ed., 2004), and two books in Harlan Davidson's American History Series: \u003ci\u003eAfrican Americans in the Colonial Era: From African Origins through the American Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd ed., 2000), and\u003ci\u003e African Americans in the Early Republic, 1789-1831\u003c\/i\u003e (1993).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722217328703,"sku":"9780882952451","price":120.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9b67f85661a9896217863199f34e5a19.webp?v=1765095008","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-atlantic-world-a-history-1400-1888-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}