Global lives : Britain and the world, 1550-1800 / Miles Ogborn.
Published / Created:
Cambridge, UK ; Cambridge University Press, 2008.New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Physical Description:
xix, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Contributor biographical information
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0835/2008025897-b.html
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Global lives -- The Elizabethan world -- Savage tales : settlement in North America -- East meets west : the English East India Company in India -- Into the Atlantic : the triangular trade? -- Maritime labour : sailors and the seafaring world -- Maritime violence : buccaneers, privateers and pirates -- Human cargo : the Atlantic slave trade -- Sugar islands : plantation slavery in the Caribbean -- In black and white : fighting against the slave trade -- Navigation and discovery : voyagers of the Pacific.
Subject Terms:
Great Britain -- Commerce -- History. | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- History. | Great Britain -- Colonies -- History. | Great Britain -- Economic conditions. | Great Britain -- Civilization. | Imperialism -- History.