المراجعة التحريرية | A stimulating analysis of how the Atlantic Ocean became a zone of exchange and interchange between continents. Trevor Burnard proves himself both a persuasive evangelist and a reliable guide and the book is certain to encourage and enable readers to access the vast body of exciting literature that is masterfully synthesized by him. * Nicholas Canny, Professor of History, National University of Ireland Galway, Republic of Ireland * A clear-eyed and utterly persuasive defence of the approach his generation of historians have taken to the study of the early-modern Atlantic littoral. Where Burnard's defence differs is its insistence that students of the early-modern Atlantic not lose sight of the local, that they attend as much to circumscribed communities as to trans-continental, trans-oceanic networks. A book for our times-a penetrating reminder that we globalists ignore the local at our peril. * Edward Gray, Professor of History, Florida State University, USA * By deftly weaving together the histories of Africa, Europe, and the Americas, Burnard has made a compelling case for the continued relevance and importance of the Atlantic paradigm. This volume will consequently serve as an indispensable and engaging introduction to Atlantic history for many years to come. * Nicholas Radburn, Lecturer in the History of the Atlantic World, Lancaster University, UK * A highly readable account of the creation and articulation of the Atlantic world. What sets this book apart is the author's determination to devote equal attention to every element in this world. The result is one of the few surveys that genuinely reveals how its constituent parts evolved in dialogue with one another. * Emma Hart, Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History, University of St Andrews, UK * Why study Atlantic History? With infectious enthusiasm, Trevor Burnard not only provides a masterful overview of its chronology, themes, and places, but explains why it is an important field. * Wim Klooster, Professor of History, Clark University, USA * |
عن المؤلف | Trevor Burnard is Wilberforce Professor of Slavery and Emancipation and Director of the Wilberforce Institute, University of Hull, UK. Among his major works are The Plantation Machine: Atlantic Capitalism in French Saint-Domingue and British Jamaica (2016), Planters, Merchants, and Slaves: Plantation Societies in British America, 1650-1820 (2015), Mastery, Tyranny and Desire: Thomas Thistlewood and His Slaves in the Anglo-Jamaican World (2004) and Creole Gentlemen: The Maryland Elite, 1691-1776 (2002). He is also the Editor in Chief of the Oxford Bibliographies in Atlantic History. |