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

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...

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Main Author: Pessina, Mattia
Other Authors: Lorenzini, Sara, Dai Prà, Elena
Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
Language:unknown
Published: University of Trento 2016
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SPS/06 STORIA DELLE RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI
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South Atlantic Ocean
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spelling ftutrentophd:oai:eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it:1767 2023-05-15T18:21:01+02:00 Labour, Environment and Empire in the South Atlantic (1780-1860) Pessina, Mattia Lorenzini, Sara Dai Prà, Elena 2016-05-19 application/pdf http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/1767/ http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/1767/1/Tesi_Dottorato_Mattia_Pessina.pdf unknown University of Trento http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/1767/1/Tesi_Dottorato_Mattia_Pessina.pdf Pessina, Mattia (2016) Labour, Environment and Empire in the South Atlantic (1780-1860). PhD thesis, University of Trento. SPS/13 STORIA E ISTITUZIONI DELL'AFRICA M-STO/02 STORIA MODERNA SPS/14 STORIA E ISTITUZIONI DELL'ASIA SPS/06 STORIA DELLE RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI Doctoral Thesis NonPeerReviewed 2016 ftutrentophd 2022-03-08T14:34:58Z 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. Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis South Atlantic Ocean University of Trento: Unitn-eprints.PhD Tristan ENVELOPE(140.900,140.900,-66.735,-66.735)
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description 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.
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Pessina, Mattia (2016) Labour, Environment and Empire in the South Atlantic (1780-1860). PhD thesis, University of Trento.
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