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Informationen zum Autor Karen Racine is associate professor of history at the University of Guelph, Canada. Beatriz G. Mamigonian is professor of history at the Universidad Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Klappentext This collection of compact biographies puts a human face on the sweeping historical processes that shaped contemporary societies throughout the Atlantic world. Focusing on life stories that represented movement across or around the Atlantic Ocean from 1500 to 1850, The Human Tradition in the Atlantic World, 1500-1850 explores transatlantic connections by following individuals whose experience took them far beyond their local communities to new and unfamiliar places. A formidable barrier, the Atlantic Ocean profoundly influenced the lives it touched. For some brave or desperate souls, it offered an escape, a source of adventure or romance. For countless others, it provided a steady source of income. For those who voluntarily undertook the voyage, crossing the Atlantic meant hope for a better, happier life; for the millions of less-fortunate others who relocated because they had been enslaved, tricked, or banished, the Atlantic was a sea of sorrow and loss. Yet, whatever the reason, tremendous creativity and dynamism resulted from contact between people of different cultures, classes, races, ideas, and systems in Africa, Europe, and the Americas. At its most fundamental level, the syncretic nature of Atlantic world societies was created and re-created on a daily basis by myriad choices made by hundreds of thousands of individuals. By emphasizing movement and circulation in its choice of life stories, this readable and engaging volume presents a broad cross-section of people-both famous and everyday-whose lives and livelihoods took them across the Atlantic and brought disparate cultures into contact. Contributions by: Robert D. Aguirre, Troy Bickham, Olwyn M. Blouet, Sarah Cline, Andrew B. Fisher, John Garrigus, Noah L. Gelfand, Mark Hinchman, Charlene Boyer Lewis, Gail Danvers MacLeitch, Beatriz G. Mamigonian, Mark Meuwese, Joan Meznar, John Navin, Jeff Pardue, Magnus Roberto de Mello Pereira, Cassandra Pybus, and Karen Racine. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Human Tradition in the Atlantic WorldKaren Racine and Beatriz G. MamigonianChapter 1: Catarina Álvares Paraguaçu (1510s-1582): Indian Visionary in Brazil and FranceJoan MeznarChapter 2: John Billington and His Family (c. 1582-1630): Doomed "Knave" of Plymouth PlantationJohn NavinChapter 3: Samuel Cohen (c. 1600-1642): Jewish Translator in Brazil, Curaçao, and AngolaMark MeuweseChapter 4: William Lamport/Guillén de Lombardo (c. 1611-1659): Mexico's Irish Would-Be KingSarah ClineChapter 5: Jacob Leisler (1640-1691): German-Born Governor of New YorkNoah L. GelfandChapter 6: Hendrick/Tiyanoga/Theyanoguen (1680-1755): Iroquois Emissary to EnglandTroy BickhamChapter 7: Sir William Johnson (1715-1774): English Emissary to the IroquoisGail Danvers MacLeitchChapter 8: Henry "Harry" Washington (1750s-1790s): A Founding Father's SlaveCassandra PybusChapter 9: Julien Raimond (1744-1801): Planter, Revolutionary, and Free Man of Color in Saint-DomingueJohn GarrigusChapter 10: Anne Pépin (1758-1837): Entrepreneur, Landlady, and Mixed-Race Signare in SenegalMark HinchmanChapter 11: João da Silva Feijó (1760-1824): Brazilian Scientist in the Portuguese Overseas EmpireMagnus Roberto de Mello Pereira, Translated by Ana Maria Rufino Gillies with assistance from Ian Robert GilliesChapter 12: Juan Antonio Olavarrieta (1765-1822): Basque Cleric and Libertine Rebel in MexicoAndrew B. FisherChapter 13: Eliza Fenwick (1766-1840): Feminist Slave Owner in BarbadosOlwyn M. BlouetChapter 14: Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte (1785-1879): Napoleon's American Sister-in-LawCharlene Boyer LewisChapter 15: James MacQueen (1778-1870): Agent of Imperial Change in the Caribbean and AfricaJeff PardueChapter 16: William Bullock: (...
