Atlantic cataclysm : rethinking the Atlantic slave trades / David Eltis, Emory University and University of British Columbia.
| Author/creator | Eltis, David, 1940- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xxv, 389 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Atlantic slave trading and world history -- The Americas and Atlantic slave trading: the Iberians and the rest -- Europe and Atlantic slave trading -- The Portuguese system -- Africa, Africans, and the slave trade -- Abolition : a Leninist interpretation -- Freedom? |
| Abstract | "The book offers a new interpretation of why the slave trades (transatlantic as well as intra-American) began and ended, questioning the established narratives. A comprehensive and major work for scholars and students that should transform our assessment of the history of the Atlantic World"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2024011635 |
| ISBN | 9781009518970 |
| ISBN | 1009518976 |
| ISBN | 9781009518956 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 100951895X |
| ISBN | (ebook) |