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

• Main Author: Pessina, Mattia
• Other Authors: Lorenzini, Sara, Dai Prà, Elena
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Trento 2016
• Subjects: 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; Tristan; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/1767/; http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/1767/1/Tesi_Dottorato_Mattia_Pessina.pdf

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...