3 Atlantic History
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Nicholas Canny
Abstract
Nicholas Canny writes on the evolution of Atlantic History from the Cold War era onward. From the 1960s historians such as Jack P. Greene and Edmund S. Morgan challenged Robert Palmer’s Liberal-consensus narrative of the Democratic Revolutions in the Atlantic World. With more research on the Black Atlantic it became clear that the rise of an Atlantic Community had heavily relied on slavery and violence. Economic history further strengthened insights into how the Atlantic empires evolved out of the exploitation of Africans and indigenous peoples in the Americas. Moreover, from the mid-1990s the concept of multiple Atlantics made Atlantic History more transnational in its scope.
Abstract
Nicholas Canny writes on the evolution of Atlantic History from the Cold War era onward. From the 1960s historians such as Jack P. Greene and Edmund S. Morgan challenged Robert Palmer’s Liberal-consensus narrative of the Democratic Revolutions in the Atlantic World. With more research on the Black Atlantic it became clear that the rise of an Atlantic Community had heavily relied on slavery and violence. Economic history further strengthened insights into how the Atlantic empires evolved out of the exploitation of Africans and indigenous peoples in the Americas. Moreover, from the mid-1990s the concept of multiple Atlantics made Atlantic History more transnational in its scope.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- Notes on contributors vi
- Introduction 1
- 1 An interview with Bernard Bailyn 13
- 2 ‘Once more the storm is howling’ 18
- 3 Atlantic History 34
- 4 Atlantic Studies today 52
- 5 The Transnational Transatlantic 76
- 6 Contemporary history as critical perspective 98
- 7 Towards a new diplomatic history of transatlantic relations 120
- 8 Transatlantic Catholicism and the making of the ‘Christian West’ 139
- 9 From denationalizing history to decanonizing teaching history 156
- Index 178
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- Notes on contributors vi
- Introduction 1
- 1 An interview with Bernard Bailyn 13
- 2 ‘Once more the storm is howling’ 18
- 3 Atlantic History 34
- 4 Atlantic Studies today 52
- 5 The Transnational Transatlantic 76
- 6 Contemporary history as critical perspective 98
- 7 Towards a new diplomatic history of transatlantic relations 120
- 8 Transatlantic Catholicism and the making of the ‘Christian West’ 139
- 9 From denationalizing history to decanonizing teaching history 156
- Index 178
