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Soundings in Atlantic history : latent structures and intellectual currents, 1500-1830 /

Drawn together in a comprehensive Introduction by Bernard Bailyn, these innovative essays include analyses of the climate and ecology that underlay the slave trade, pan-Atlantic networks of religion and commerce, as well as the inter-ethnic collaboration in the development of tropical medicine, scie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bailyn, Bernard (Editor ), Denault, Patricia L. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Drawn together in a comprehensive Introduction by Bernard Bailyn, these innovative essays include analyses of the climate and ecology that underlay the slave trade, pan-Atlantic networks of religion and commerce, as well as the inter-ethnic collaboration in the development of tropical medicine, science as a product of imperial relations, and the awareness of the Atlantic world in the mind of David Hume.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 622 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-609) and index.
ISBN:9780674053533
0674053532