The South Atlantic Ocean and its islands (Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha, Ascension) were a periphery of the British Empire. Nevertheless this region faced a dramatic transformation during the Global Age of Revolutions (1780-1830) and moved from being a transition zone between Europe and Asia into a proper maritime system. The great global issues of labour (slavery, indentured labour, white emigration), environment (environmental imperialism and imperial environmentalism) and Empire (colonial government, authority and freedom) evolved in the micro-histories of the South Atlantic islands in a very peculiar way, making them precious case-studies to assess wider themes in a new perspective.

Labour, Environment and Empire in the South Atlantic (1780-1860) / Pessina, Mattia. - (2016), pp. 1-217.

Labour, Environment and Empire in the South Atlantic (1780-1860)

Pessina, Mattia
2016-01-01

Abstract

The South Atlantic Ocean and its islands (Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha, Ascension) were a periphery of the British Empire. Nevertheless this region faced a dramatic transformation during the Global Age of Revolutions (1780-1830) and moved from being a transition zone between Europe and Asia into a proper maritime system. The great global issues of labour (slavery, indentured labour, white emigration), environment (environmental imperialism and imperial environmentalism) and Empire (colonial government, authority and freedom) evolved in the micro-histories of the South Atlantic islands in a very peculiar way, making them precious case-studies to assess wider themes in a new perspective.
2016
XXVIII
2015-2016
Lettere e filosofia (29/10/12-)
Humanities
Lorenzini, Sara
Dai Prà, Elena
no
Inglese
Settore SPS/13 - Storia e Istituzioni Dell'Africa
Settore M-STO/02 - Storia Moderna
Settore SPS/14 - Storia e Istituzioni Dell'Asia
Settore SPS/06 - Storia delle Relazioni Internazionali
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