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Book SynopsisThe second volume in the OUP/National History Center series, Reinterpreting History, this book offers an incisive look at how interpretations of the Atlantic world have changed over time and from a variety of national perspectives. Atlantic history, which developed in the 1970s and has become very popular in the past several years, looks at the transnational interconnections between Europe, North America, South America, and Africa, particularly in the early modern/colonial period, rather than understanding nations/states absent a broader global context. This volume discusses key areas of the Atlantic world, including the British, Dutch, French, Iberian, and African Atlantic, as well as the movement of ideas, peoples, and goods. It also offers critical perspectives of the concept itself, juxtaposing it with global and Continental history. The cast of contributors is stellar and international, including scholars who have been at the forefront of teaching and research in this area. TogeTrade Review...lucid and wide-ranging...fascinating. * Times Higher Education Supplement *does an excellent job of providing a snapshot of current Atlantic historical study taking place in the United States of America, fulfilling its role in the 'Reinterpreting History' series. * Paula E. Dumas, History *Featuring some of the brightest minds in early modern history debating one of its most important subjects, Atlantic History: A Critical Appraisal will serve as the indispensable point of entry for the next generation of Atlantic world scholarship. * S. Max Edelson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign *Table of ContentsAn Introduction: The Present State of Atlantic History ; 1. The Atlantic Ocean and Its Contemporary Meanings, 1492-1808 ; SECTION ONE: NEW ATLANTIC WORLDS ; 2. The Spanish Atlantic System ; 3. The Portuguese Atlantic, 1415-1808 ; 4. The British Atlantic ; 5. The French Atlantic ; 6. The Dutch Atlantic: Provincialism and Globalism ; SECTION TWO: OLD WORLDS AND THE ATLANTIC ; 7. Indigenous America and the Limits of the Atlantic World, 1493-1825 ; 8. Africa and the Atlantic, c. 1450 to c. 1820 ; 9. Europe and the Atlantic ; SECTION THREE: COMPETING AND COMPLEMENTARY PERSPECTIVES ; 10. From Atlantic History to Continental History ; 11. Hemispheric History and Atlantic History ; 12. Atlantic History and Global History ; 13. Beyond Atlantic History

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive environmental synthesis of the Caribbean region, written by eminent scholars of the topic.Trade ReviewThe Caribbean was the first region in the Americas to bear the human and environmental stamp of European intervention, mainly through slavery and sugar monoculture. Further, it is the place from which modernity and European capitalism emergedthe modern industrial labor regime had its origin in the rigors of plantation slavery, and in the 18th century, the Caribbean became a center of European finance. This volume treats Caribbean environmental history from the first Indigenous settlement of 7,000 BCE to the mid-19th century. It comprises three sections, each with eminent authorship and a cooperatively written conclusion...[that] deals with the regions environmental history after 1850. An authoritative and accessible work for all libraries. Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. * Choice *The violence of natural phenomena like hurricanes, manmade horrors like African chattel slavery, and the destruction of the natural environment by planters,...the dangers of environmental destruction, deforestation, and climatic shocks...all of these subjects are excellently covered in Sea and Land, which, surprisingly, is the Caribbean's first twenty-first-century comprehensive environmental history....This book provides a standard account of Caribbean history but one that is done with such verve and with such authority that it is an essential guide to the dynamics of the Caribbean in a larger global system....Brilliantly executed. * Trevor Burnard, New West Indian Guide *This enticing and coherent volume is environmental history at its best, gracefully moving in scale from microscopic insects to massive global transformations during the last five hundred years. The research is innovative and the writing stellar. Together, the authors illustrate the centrality of the Caribbean to global phenomena such as slavery and the Atlantic world, ecological exchanges, and pandemics. * Charles F. Walker, University of California, Davis *This exceptional work brims with the richness, exuberance, and fragility of the creole ecologies of the Caribbean. Through its focus on the multifarious physical environments of the region and their amalgams of global biota, this volume fills a significant gap in the region's historiography. It demonstrates that thinking with the environment is essential for the historical understanding of the Caribbean and the violent worlds of modern colonialism, capitalism, and extractivism that emerged from the region. * Pablo F. Gómez, University of Wisconsin-Madison *An authoritative and accessible work for all libraries. * Choice *This book was overdue...This attempt to bring an environmental focus to the islands and the sea is an excellent place to start, a most enjoyable reading...This book delivers on its promise to document environmental changes in the Caribbean for the longue durée. Undergraduates will benefit from this knowledge, while graduate students should draw inspiration toward topics that demand further research. The collaboration that these scholars undertook has paid off handsomely. * Myrna Santiago, Saint Mary's College of California, H-Net *Sea and Land excels in balancing the broad, enduring themes of Caribbean environmental history alongside an analysis of particular events and their aftermaths. In the same convincing manner, it identifies the elements that make the Caribbean a unified space while also showing variations in diverse island environments and societie...It is a thorough, scholarly work that also speaks to a broader audience. * Rasmus Christensen, Journal of Early America *

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