Looking at America through the Irish prism and employing a comparative approach, leading and emerging scholars of early American and Atlantic history interrogate anew the relationship between imperi……続きを見る
Today, when "globalization" is a buzzword invoked in nearly every realm, we turn back to the eighteenth century and witness the inherent globalization of its desires and, at times, its accomplishmen……続きを見る
Spreading the news of scientific breakthroughs in the eighteenth century
Histories of Science shows how different forms of media communicated scientific breakthroughs during the long eighteenth cent……続きを見る
The Book of Buried Treasure is a historical account of pirates and piracy, containing true stories of some of the most notorious buccaneers, their heists and robberies and the pirate gold that is lo……続きを見る
This title, first published in 1985, examines the evolution of the laws relating to debt and credit during the industrial revolution. Since economic activity was so precarious during the industrial ……続きを見る
In this groundbreaking book Andrew Sluyter demonstrates for the first time that Africans played significant creative roles in establishing open-range cattle ranching in the Americas. In so doing, he……続きを見る
Over five centuries of foreign ruleーby Spain, Mexico, and the United StatesーNative American pueblos have confronted attacks on their sovereignty and encroachments on their land and water rights. H……続きを見る
Revolution in the Andes is an in-depth history of the Túpac Amaru insurrection, the largest and most threatening indigenous challenge to Spanish rule in the Andean world after the Conquest. Between ……続きを見る
