HIST-4403 History of the Atlantic World
This course covers the encounter and relations between Indians, Africans and Europeans in the formative period of the Atlantic world (1450-1750) and offers an introduction to the social, economic and cultural development of such world. The course studies the Atlantic as a space of circulation and interaction of people, ideas, diseases, objects, technologies, institutions and practices, and their respective transformations in different regions. The course also delves into the formation and consolidation of colonial communities in America as result of the interaction among Indians, Europeans and Africans. The topics discussed include the creation of African, European and American empires, colonization processes and structures, military and navigation technologies, relations among Europeans, Indians and Africans in different regions, slavery, formation of slavery societies, colonial societies, and the economies of the Atlantic.
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