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Oceanic History
Kenneth Morgan
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Oceanic HistoryIntroductionOceanic history—specified here as the maritime history of the Atlantic—provides an overall frame of reference for European ...
Pacific, The
Kate Fullagar
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
The Pacific Introduction The Pacific has only very recently interested Atlantic historians. No one text treats the relationship between the tw...
Paine, Thomas
Harry T. Dickinson
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2017-06-27
Thomas PaineIntroductionThomas Paine (b. 1737–d. 1809) was born in Thetford, England, the son of Joseph Pain [sic], a Quaker stay-maker. Educated at t...
Papacy and the Atlantic World
Shona Johnston
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Papacy and the Atlantic World Introduction The early modern papacy (c. 1500–1800) constituted a vast bureaucracy (sometimes called the Holy Se...
Paris
Nicolas Lyon-Caen
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2019-11-26
ParisIntroductionFrom the 13th century until the early 18th century, Paris—the capital city of France and the official residence of the kings—was the ...
People of African Descent in Early Modern Europe
Annika Bärwald, Josef Köstlbauer, Rebekka von Mallinckrodt
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2020-01-15
People of African Descent in Early Modern EuropeIntroductionPeople of African descent shaped early modern Europe, here encompassing the 15th to 18th c...
Peru
Emily Berquist Soule
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2016-04-28
PeruIntroductionGeographically, Peru’s closest point to the Atlantic Ocean is the tiny island of Anapia, in Lake Titicaca. They lie over 3,000 kilomet...
Pets and Domesticated Animals in the Atlantic World
Abel Alves
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2017-09-27
Pets and Domesticated Animals in the Atlantic WorldIntroductionWhile some might think that the study of pets and domesticated animals in the Atlantic ...
Philadelphia
Jessica Roney
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
PhiladelphiaIntroductionPhiladelphia, founded in 1682, became the largest city in British North America, recognized as a political and economic hub an...
Philanthropy
Amanda Moniz
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Philanthropy Introduction Since the beginnings of European expansion, philanthropy both fostered the integration of the Atlantic world and was...
Plantations in the Atlantic World
Christer Petley
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Plantations in the Atlantic WorldIntroductionIn the 16th century, “the plantation” referred to an area of overseas settlement by English settlers, suc...
Political Participation in the Nineteenth Century Atlantic World
Marieke Polfliet
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Political Participation in the 19th-Century Atlantic World Introduction Political participation in the 19th-century Atlantic world is related ...
Polygamy and Bigamy
Sarah M. S. Pearsall
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2013-01-28
Polygamy and Bigamy Introduction Polygamy and bigamy provoked heated controversies in the early modern Atlantic world and formed a topic of di...
Port Cities, British
Tony Webster
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
British Port Cities Introduction There has been much recent academic interest in the development of port cities generally, arising principally ...
Port Cities, British American
Kenneth Morgan
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
British American Port CitiesIntroductionBritish American port cities were an important part of the social, economic, cultural, and political fabric of...
Port Cities, French
Silvia Marzagalli
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
French Port Cities Introduction From the 15th to the 19th centuries, the French participated to the emergence of an Atlantic world, while th...
Port Cities, French American
Cécile Vidal
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
French American Port Cities Introduction Most urban settlements founded by the French in the Americas were port cities on the sea or on a rive...
Port Cities, Iberian
Patrick O'Flanagan
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
Iberian Port CitiesIntroductionThis critical review covers most of the leading ports of Iberia. It considers literature referring to the processes tha...
Ports, African
Ty M. Reese
Subject: Atlantic History »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
African Ports Introduction Starting in the 15th century, West Africa’s orientation started to change from being inward looking, to the trans-S...
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