David Ringrose looks beyond the traditional history of European expansion-which highlights European conquests, empire building, and hegemony-in order to explore the more human and genuinely cross-cultural dimensions of Europeans abroad before 1750.
David Ringrose looks beyond the traditional history of European expansion-which highlights European conquests, empire building, and hegemony-in order to explore the more human and genuinely cross-cultural dimensions of Europeans abroad before 1750.
David Ringrose is emeritus professor of history at the University of California, San Diego, where he was chair of the Department of History, dean of Arts and Humanities, and provost of Roosevelt College. He specializes in the history of Spain and world history. His books, published in Spanish and English, include The Spanish Miracle, 1700-1900, Madrid and the Spanish Economy, 1560-1850, Madrid, Historia de una Capital, and Expansion and Global Interaction, 1200-1700. Professor Ringrose has held Guggenheim and ACLS fellowships and has been a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the National Humanities Center. He was also visiting professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in San Diego with his wife, Kathryn, and a Boston terrier named Lola. Since retiring, Professor Ringrose has been a docent and faculty member at the Maritime Museum of San Diego, where he holds the Kyle Endowed Chair in Maritime History.
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List of Figures Maps and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Perspectives on European Expansion Chapter 1 Europe Crosses the Threshold Chapter 2 Ambiguous Identity and Cultural Opportunism? Chapter 3 An Era of Empires Chapter 4 Three American Empires Chapter 5 Africa Portugal Brazil and the Atlantic Chapter 6 Atlantic North America: No Empires to Conquer Chapter 7 An Era of World Trade Chapter 8 Europeans and the World: Spices Silk and Silver Chapter 9 Europeans and Asian Trade in the Seventeenth Century Chapter 10 Disappearing Colonists: Death Assimilation and Desertion Chapter 11 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
List of Figures Maps and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Perspectives on European Expansion Chapter 1 Europe Crosses the Threshold Chapter 2 Ambiguous Identity and Cultural Opportunism? Chapter 3 An Era of Empires Chapter 4 Three American Empires Chapter 5 Africa Portugal Brazil and the Atlantic Chapter 6 Atlantic North America: No Empires to Conquer Chapter 7 An Era of World Trade Chapter 8 Europeans and the World: Spices Silk and Silver Chapter 9 Europeans and Asian Trade in the Seventeenth Century Chapter 10 Disappearing Colonists: Death Assimilation and Desertion Chapter 11 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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