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Jorge Canizares-Esguerra and Erik R. Seeman. The Atlantic in Global History, 1500-2000.(Book review)
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Teaching History: A Journal of Methods
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March 22, 2007
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Jorge Canizares-Esguerra and Erik R. Seeman. The Atlantic in Global History, 1500-2000. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc., 2007. Pp. 288. Paper, $29.33; ISBN 0-13-192714-0.
"The Atlantic world" has in recent decades become a widely accepted unit of study and analysis among historians. Many global history textbooks devote at least a chapter to the "Atlantic world," with such chapters often referring in their titles to "Europeans, Africans, and the New World." Courses in Atlantic history have become increasingly common, and publishers have been quick to respond with textbooks and readers. But how exactly does the "Atlantic world" fit into "global history?"
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