Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic World, 1750-1820, Paperback - Douglas Hamilton

This is the first book-length study wholly devoted to assessing the array of ties between Scotland and the Caribbean that bound the Atlantic World ...

Reducere. A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1820 explores the idea that strong linkages exist in the histories of Africa, Europe, and North and ...

Reducere. This volume is made up of the autobiographical writings of thirty of the women who lived in the major North American Moravian settlement of Bethleh...

Reducere. Before the voyage of Columbus in 1492, the Atlantic Ocean stood as a barrier to contact between the people (and their ideas and institutions), plan...

A highly topical and accessible exploration of the Caribbean Islands, their history and peoples

Reducere. From the arrival of the first Europeans in the region until the 1930s, plantations -- building their fortunes on sugar, and to a lesser extent on c...

Reducere. One of the greatest hopes and expectations that accompanied American colonialism - from its earliest incarnation - was that Atlantic settlers would...

Reducere. How did colonial Georgia, an economic backwater in its early days, make its way into the burgeoning Caribbean and Atlantic economies where trade sp...

Examines how the movement of people, ideas, and social practices contributed to the complex processes and negotiations involved in being and becomi...

Reducere. Between 1730 and 1750, Domingos Alvares traversed the colonial Atlantic world like few Africans of his time--from Africa to South America to Europe...

Reducere. The lush landscape and subtropical climate of the Georgia coast only enhance the air of mystery enveloping some of its inhabitants--people who owe,...

Reducere. For decades, scholars have conceived of the coastal city of New Orleans as a remarkable outlier, an exception to nearly every "rule" of accepted U....

This book focuses on how Enlightenment ideas shaped plantation management and slave work routines. It shows how work dictated slaves' experiences a...

Reducere. Explores the prominent role of Highland Scots in the slavery industry of the cotton, sugar and coffee plantations of the 18th and 19th centuries. L...

Reducere. DescriptionCannibals. Conquistadors. Buccaneers. Pirates. Visions of cartoon characters dancing around a cauldron with an explorer tied inside. Bal...

Reducere. This book is a new edition of the most beautifully written history of the Caribbean from the European discovery through the nineteenth century. Com...

For African Americans, enslaved and free, the potential for one-sided violence was always present and deeply traumatic. This groundbreaking study r...

Reducere. Curry in a hurry--75 deliciously easy recipes from around the globe If delicious curry dishes are high on your takeout list, discover how an electr...

This pioneering study tells the story of the emergence of rural workers' gardens during a period of unprecedented economic and social change in the...

Reducere. Thomas Thistlewood came to Jamaica from Lincolnshire, England in 1750, and lived as an estate overseer and small landowner in western Jamaica until...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jon F. SensbachRebecca's Revival is the remarkable story of a Caribbean woman--a slave turned evangelist--who helped inspir...

This innovative anthology focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yor...

Examines the production of scientific knowledge in the Atlantic world from a comparative and international perspective. This work captures the mult...

Gosta de livros de terror e suspense cheios de tens o e reviravoltas, e com um final surpreendente?"Terra Amaldi oada" prender voc do in cio ao fim...

This pioneering history of modern India explores a multiplicity of connections between India and the world. Situating India in global context over ...

A panoramic reinterpretation of global history, this title traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twent...

Publisher: Four Courts Press LtdIllustration(s): mapsNumber of pages: 180Publication date: 2005Dimensions: 165 x 242 x 21Cover type: HardbackEditor...

Reducere. CD 1: 1. Ska Cubano / Cumbia Del Monte2. Aurelio / Lubara Wanwa3. Un Solo Pueblo / Woman Del Callao4. Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective / Amun...

Reducere. Plants seldom figure in the grand narratives of war, peace, or even everyday life yet they are often at the center of high intrigue. In the eightee...

Reducere. Make Your Journey To Scotland The Best Possible Scotland is filled with numerous of fascinating attractions and offers a deeply diversified culture...

Showcases over a hundred treasures from the collections of the National Museum of Scotland.

It explains how Chinese attitudes have been determined by both receptiveness and resistance to outside influence and presents the preoccupations th...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Casey J. (University of California Davis, USA) SullivanIllustration(s): 65 bw illusNumber of page...

Contributor(s): Author: Wim KloosterA new look at a contentious period in the history of the Atlantic world Within just a half century, the America...

Reducere. Before Columbus's fateful voyage in 1492, no European had ever seen, much less tasted, tobacco or chocolate. Initially dismissed as dry leaves and ...

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For centuries the Atlantic world has been a site of encounter and exchange, a rich point of transit where one could remake one's identity. Through ...

Publisher: North Atlantic Books, U.S.Author(s): Ross HamiltonIllustration(s): B&W ILLUS. THROUGHOUTNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2001Dimens...

Reducere. Opening a window on a dynamic realm far beyond imperial courts, anatomical theaters, and learned societies, Pablo F. Gomez examines the strategies ...

Reducere. This extensive beginners guide to cocktails recipes book, contains 60 of the best Cocktails originating from the Caribbean Islands and the Americas...

Reducere. This book explores Africa's involvement in the Atlantic world from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries. It focuses especially on the cau...

This epic history compares the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, from Columbus's arrival in the New World to the end of Spanish c...

Reducere. This unique anthology is the first to provide a multicultural perspective on witchcraft from the 15th to 18th century. Featuring primary documents ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Karel (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands) DavidsIllustration(s): 10 bw illusNumber of pages:...

Reducere. Carole P. Roman is taking students to Northern Europe again and this time it's to visit Scotland. You'll learn about the fascinating architecture t...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 48 bw illus, 4 tablesNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 157 x 234 x 24Cover...

Reducere. This book explores the intertwined histories of Saint-Louis, Senegal, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Although separated by an ocean, both cities were ...

In Black Bodies, White Gold Anna Arabindan-Kesson uses cotton, a commodity central to the slave trade and colonialism, as a focus for new interpret...