Early Modern Atlantic Cities (Elements in Global Urban History)

Description

Early Modern Atlantic Cities offers a comprehensive examination of urban centers that defined the transatlantic world from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. Authors Mariana Dantas and Emma Hart explore how cities across Europe, Africa, and the Americas functioned as crucial nodes in networks of trade, migration, and cultural exchange.

The book analyzes the rise of merchant communities, the impact of slavery and colonialism on urban development, and the ways cities served as sites of negotiation between diverse populations. Through case studies of major Atlantic ports and trading centers, the authors demonstrate how urban life was fundamentally shaped by transatlantic connections and how these cities, in turn, transformed the Atlantic world.

Part of the Elements in Global Urban History series, this work provides essential insights into how early modern cities powered the commercial, political, and cultural transformations that defined the Atlantic era and laid foundations for the modern world.