{"product_id":"atlantic-history-bernard-bailyn-9780674016880","title":"Atlantic History: Concept and Contours","description":"\u003cp\u003eAtlantic history is a newly and rapidly developing field of historical study. Bringing together elements of early modern European, African, and American history--their common, comparative, and interactive aspects--Atlantic history embraces essentials of Western civilization, from the first contacts of Europe with the Western Hemisphere to the independence movements and the globalizing industrial revolution. In these probing essays, Bernard Bailyn explores the origins of the subject, its rapid development, and its impact on historical study. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe first considers Atlantic history as a subject of historical inquiry--how it evolved as a product of both the pressures of post-World War II politics and the internal forces of scholarship itself. He then outlines major themes in the subject over the three centuries following the European discoveries. The vast contribution of the African people to all regions of the West, the westward migration of Europeans, pan-Atlantic commerce and its role in developing economies, racial and ethnic relations, the spread of Enlightenment ideas--all are Atlantic phenomena. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn examining both the historiographical and historical dimensions of this developing subject, Bailyn illuminates the dynamics of history as a discipline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard Bailyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674016882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674016880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.52h x 5.32w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/05\/2005 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/22\/2006 pg. 43","brand":"Bernard Bailyn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981079314687,"sku":"9780674016880","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17a9a69a-52af-4204-bd48-d146a9abf407.jpg?v=1683253545","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/atlantic-history-bernard-bailyn-9780674016880","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}