Table of Contents

List of Maps - List of Tables - Acknowledgements - Notes on Contributors - Preface; B.Bailyn - Introduction; D.Armitage & M.J.Braddick - PART ONE: FRAMEWORKS - Three Concepts of Atlantic History; D. Armitage - PART TWO: CONNECTIONS - Migration; A.Games - Economy; N.Zahedieh - Religion; C.G.Pestana - PART THREE: IDENTITIES - Civility and Authority; M.J.Braddick - Gender; S.M.S.Pearsall - Class; K.Wrightson - Race; J.E.Chaplin - PART FOUR: POLITICS - State and Empire; E.Mancke - Revolution and Counter-Revolution; E.H.Gould - The Politics of Slavery; C.L.Brown - Afterword: Atlantic History: A Circumnavigation; J.H.Elliott - Abbreviations - Notes - Further Reading - Index

Promotional Information

David Armitage is the author of "The Ideological Origins of the British Empire" (2000), and has edited a number of volumes including "Theories of Empire, 1450-1800" (1998). Michael J. Braddick publications include "State Formation in Early Modern England, c. 1550-1700" (2000), and the co-edited volume "Negotiating Power in Early Modern Society: Order, Hierarchy and Subordination in Britain and Ireland" (2001).

About the Author

DAVID ARMITAGE is Associate Professor of History at Columbia University. He is the author of The Ideological Origins of the British Empire (2000), and has edited a number of volumes including Theories of Empire, 1450-1800 (1998). MICHAEL J. BRADDICK is Professor of History at the University of Sheffield. His publications include State Formation in Early Modern England, c. 1550-1700 (2000), and the co-edited volume Negotiating Power in Early Modern Society: Order, Hierarchy and Subordination in Britain and Ireland (2001).

Reviews

.,."will prove to be an important book for anyone working in Atlantic history, British history, or American colonial history."--Kurt Gingrich, H-Atlantic, H-Net Book Review

..."will prove to be an important book for anyone working in Atlantic history, British history, or American colonial history."--Kurt Gingrich, H-Atlantic, H-Net Book Review