HIST 339 - The Atlantic World

Institution:

Francis Marion University

Subject:

History

Description:

This course is a study of the Atlantic World System between the peoples of the Americas, Africa, and Europe, from the fifteenth through the nineteenth century, as these regions came to constitute a single, integrated system, joined father than separated by the Atlantic Ocean. Its study focuses on themes such as migration and colonialism; the African slave trade, New World slavery and its abolition; trans-oceanic commerce and the development of history's first worldwide cash economy; violence, mising and transculturation among Europeans, Africans and indigenous Americans; negotiation of knowledge about medicine, geography and the natural world; and the evolution of imperial systems and the wars of Independence.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.fmarion.edu

Phone Number:

(843) 661-1362

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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