Overview: As Europeans began to move into the Atlantic in the late fifteenth century, first encountering islands and then two continents across the sea, they initiated a process that revolutionized the lives of people everywhere. American foods enriched their diets. Furs, precio…
As Europeans began to move into the Atlantic in the late fifteenth century, first encountering islands and then two continents across the sea, they initiated a process that revolutionized the lives of people everywhere. American foods enriched their diets. Furs, precious metals,…
Fifteen chapters consider the political, economic, ideological, and psychological effect of the Haitian revolution. The chapters discuss influence on slave resistance and the expansion of slavery, as well as the opening of economic frontiers, and the formation of Black and white…
Fifteen chapters consider the political, economic, ideological, and psychological effect of the Haitian revolution. The chapters discuss influence on slave resistance and the expansion of slavery, as well as the opening of economic frontiers, and the formation of Black and white…
A pathbreaking history of how participants in the slave trade influenced the growth and dissemination of medical knowledge.
A pathbreaking history of how participants in the slave trade influenced the growth and dissemination of medical knowledge.
A pathbreaking history of how participants in the slave trade influenced the growth and dissemination of medical knowledge.
"One of the greatest hopes and expectations that accompanied American colonialism--from its earliest incarnation--was that Atlantic settlers would be able to locate new sources of raw silk with which to satiate the boundless desire for luxurious fabrics in European markets. Howe…
As seen from the perspective of 1492, the medieval expansion of Latin Europe was nowhere as dramatic or enduring as in the Iberian Peninsula and the Atlantic. Its Christian kingdoms continued their advance against Al-Andalus up to 1492, whereas territorial expansion elsewhere ag…
