The human tradition in the Atlantic world, 1500-1850
This collection of compact biographies puts a human face on the sweeping historical processes that shaped contemporary societies throughout the Atlantic world. Focusing on life stories that represented movement across or around the Atlantic Ocean from 1500 to 1850, The Human Tradition in the Atlantic World, 1500D1850 explores transatlantic connections by following individuals_be they slaves, traders, or adventurers_whose experience took them far beyond their local communities to new and unfamiliar places. Whatever their reasons, tremendous creativity and dynamism resulted from contact between
eBook, English, c2010
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Md., c2010