HIST 4300 The Atlantic World
This course situates the exploration, conquest, and development of the western hemisphere in a circum-Atlantic context that allows for comparison and contrast between and among the Spanish, French, British, Dutch, and Portuguese colonies. Key topics covered will include the European background to colonization, motives for Atlantic exploration and development, relations with non-European peoples, the rise of slavery and the plantation complex, Atlantic trading networks, the development of revolutionary and abolitionist ideology, and conflict warfare in an Atlantic context.
Offered
As scheduled