The human tradition in the Atlantic world, 1500-1850 /

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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 Atlanti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Racine, Karen, 1967-, Mamigonian, Beatriz G. (Beatriz Gallotti), 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010.
Colección:Human tradition around the world.
Temas:
History, Modern.
Histoire moderne et contemporaine.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > World.
History, Modern
Atlantic Ocean Region > Biography.
Atlantic Ocean Region > History.
Atlantique, Région de l' > Biographies.
Atlantique, Région de l' > Histoire.
Atlantic Ocean Region
Electronic books.
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Catarina Álvares Paraguaçu (1510s-1582) : Indian visionary in Brazil and France / Joan Meznar
  • John Billington and his family (c. 1582-1630) : doomed 'knave' of Plymouth Plantation / John Navin
  • Samuel Cohen (c. 1600-1642) : Jewish translator in Brazil, Curaçao, and Angola / Mark Meuwese
  • William Lamport/Guillén de Lombardo (1611-1659) : Mexico's Irish would-be king / Sarah Cline
  • Jacob Leisler (1640-1691) : German-born governor of New York / Noah Gelfand
  • Hendrick/Tiyanoga/Theyanoguen (1680-1755) : Iroquois emissary to England / Troy Bickham
  • Sir William Johnson (1715-1774) : English emissary to the Iroquois / Gail Danvers MacLeitch
  • Henry 'Harry' Washington (1750s-1790s) : a founding father's slave / Cassandra Pybus
  • Julien Raimond (1744-1801) : planter, revolutionary and free man of color in Saint-Domingue / John Garrigus
  • Anne Pépin (1758-1837) : entrepreneur, landlady, and mixed-race signare in Senegal / Mark Hinchman
  • João da Silva Feijó (1760-1824) : Brazilian scientist in the Portuguese overseas empire / Magnus Roberto de Mello Pereira
  • Juan Antonio Olavarrieta (1765-1822) : Basque cleric and libertine rebel in Mexico / Andrew B. Fisher
  • Eliza Fenwick (1766-1840) : feminist slave owner in Barbados / Olwyn M. Blouet
  • Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte (1785-1879) : Napoleon's American sister-in-law / Charlene Boyer Lewis
  • James MacQueen (1778-1870) : agent of imperial change in the Caribbean and Africa / Jeff Pardue
  • William Bullock (1780-1844) : British Museum curator and showman in Mexico / Robert Aguirre.

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