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001 2012006482
003 DLC
005 20121215084903.0
008 120227s2012 enkab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012006482
020 $a9780521898751 (hardback)
020 $a9780521727341 (paperback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aD210$b.T54 2012
082 00 $a909/.09821$223
084 $aHIS037000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aThornton, John K.$q(John Kelly),$d1949-
245 12 $aA cultural history of the Atlantic world, 1250-1820 /$cJohn K. Thornton, Boston University.
264 1 $aCambridge :$bCambridge University Press,$c2012.
300 $axviii, 543 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1820 explores the idea that strong links exist in the histories of Africa, Europe and North and South America. John K. Thornton provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the Atlantic Basin before 1830 by describing political, social and cultural interactions between the continents' inhabitants. He traces the backgrounds of the populations on these three continental landmasses brought into contact by European navigation. Thornton then examines the political and social implications of the encounters, tracing the origins of a variety of Atlantic societies and showing how new ways of eating, drinking, speaking and worshipping developed in the newly created Atlantic World. This book uses close readings of original sources to produce new interpretations of its subject"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Part I. The Atlantic Background: 1. The foundation of the Atlantic world, 1250-1600; Part II. Three Atlantic Worlds: 2. The European background; 3. The African background; 4. The American world, 1450-1700; Part III. The Nature of Encounter and its Aftermath: 5. Conquest; 6. Colonization; 7. Contact; Part IV. Culture Transition and Change: 8. Transfer and retention in language; 9. Aesthetic change; 10. Religious stability and change; 11. The revolutionary moment in the Atlantic.
651 0 $aAtlantic Ocean Region$xHistory.
651 0 $aAtlantic Ocean Region$xCivilization.
650 0 $aCivilization, Modern.
650 7 $aHISTORY / World.$2bisacsh