Atlantic lives: a comparative approach to early America
Preface to the second edition -- Introduction: what is Atlantic history? -- Into the Atlantic crucible -- The Columbian exchange -- Captivities -- Religion and conversion -- West Africa and the Atlantic slave trade -- The plantation complex in the Caribbean -- The Spanish and Portuguese in the Americas -- The Dutch, French, and English in North America -- The wooden world: maritime labor and piracy -- The Atlantic highway: European migrations -- Interracial marriage and sexuality in the Atlantic world -- Enlightenment and revolution -- Out of the Atlantic crucible -- Chronology of important events in Atlantic world history.
