Trade and Empire in the Atlantic 1400-1600

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-23206-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 106 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 148 g

Trade and Empire in the Atlantic 1400-1600 provides an accessible and concise introduction to European expansion overseas during the early modern period. It explains why and how seafarers visited the Caribbean, South America and Africa, and looks at the history of the communities that lived around the ocean as they responded to the challenges and opportunities which sea trade opened for them.

Historical thinking on the subject of Empire is naturally controversial as is shown by this survey of the first four stages of early Atlantic colonisation from the conquest of the Canary Islands to the creation of slave plantations in Brazil. This history of the Atlantic Empires is an authoritative introduction to an essential topic in world history.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Birmingham, David

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Außenhandel
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Internationaler Handel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Colonising the Atlantic islands 2. The merchandise of Africa 3. Spain and the ocean crossing 4. Portugal and the South Atlantic; Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

David Birmingham is Professor of Modern History at the University of Kent at Canterbury.