The transformation of the North Atlantic world, 1492-1763 : an introduction
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The transformation of the North Atlantic world, 1492-1763 : an introduction
（Studies in military history and international affairs / Jeremy Black, series editor）
Praeger, 2004
Available at / 3 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-252) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Between Columbus' first expedition in 1492 and the Peace of Paris in 1763, West Europeans created empires of trade and settlement that re-made the social, economic, and political environments not only of their own peoples, but also those of the other societies around the North Atlantic. This study invites readers new to early modern Atlantic Studies to consider from some possible explanations for these extraordinary transformations of the lives of millions of people, free and unfree, and of the political powers of societies that previously had been separated by rather than linked by the ocean. In particular, Seymour invites readers to ponder how the first century of, in effect, Iberian monopoly, became displaced by an Anglophone hegemony.
This volume is constructed around the questions to be addressed in any consideration of the early modern North Atlantic; reflections upon the factors contributing to the processes-technical, technological, economic, and social; the availability of alternatives to Atlantic empires; possible environmental factors; then a brief survey of interpretative themes in the period, divided into distinct chronological phases. In conclusion, the author suggests that, because the eventual triumph of an Anglophone Atlantic may not be regarded as inevitable, we should be conscious in the present of the unpredictability of the historical experience.
Table of Contents
Framing the Questions: A Note on Bibliography Setting the Scene Going There and Getting Back: Technological and Technical Prerequisites and Developments in Travel Conquest and Coersion: Technological and Technical Prerequisites and Developments in Warfare Exploitation The Availability or Absence of Alternatives to North Atlantic Expansion The Push and Pull of Environmental Factors 1492-1607: From the Halls of Motecucoma to the Lodge of Pocahontas 1607-1697: la Nouvelle-France, New England, Nieuw Nederland, Nya Sverige 1697-1763: Rule Britannia? Conclusions and Prospects
by "Nielsen BookData"