The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800
by David Armitage and Michael J Braddick (editors)
Buy on AmazonThis text was the first edited collection on the burgeoning history of the early modern Atlantic world and has had a huge impact on the many fields of Atlantic Studies. This second edition features two new essays on science and global history respectively, as well as a revised Introduction and updated guides to further reading.
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"This is a collection of essays on the British Atlantic world in itself. It goes into excellent detail on many themes. The essays in it are on migration, on the economy, on religion, on science and then some more subtle things such as gender and civility. It covers a very broad range, and it has a preface by me and a conclusion by John Elliott. The book has excellent, penetrating essays on aspects of the British American empire in the colonial period. Each of the essays is written by an expert in the field. It’s an unusually good collection. The second edition of it is slightly different and expanded from the first edition."
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