Negotiated Empires: Centers and Peripheries in the Americas, 1500–1820(New World in the Atlantic World)

In this innovative volume, leading historians of the early modern Americas examine the subjects of early modern, continuing colonization, and the relations between established colonies and frontiers of settlement. Their original essays about centers and peripheries in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, and British America invite comparison.

Table of Contents:
Preface, Christine DanielsPeripheries, Centers and the Construction of Early Modern American Empires: An Introduction, Jack P. Greene and Amy Turner BushnellGates and Patterns: Regarding the Spanish American Peripheries, Amy Turner BushnellIntegral to Empire: The Vital Peripheries of Colonial Spanish America, John Jay TepaskReconsidering the Center: Puebla and Mexico City, 1550-1650, Ida AltmanColonial Centers, Colonial Peripheries and the Economic Agency of the Spanish State, Lyman L. Johnson and Susan Migden SocolowBourbons and Barbaros: Center and Periphery in the Reshaping of Spanish Indian Policy, David J. WeberCenters and Peripheries in the Luso-Brazilian World, 1500-1808, A.J.R. Russell-Wood The Periphery of the Periphery?: Vila Boa de Goias, 1780-1835, Mary KaraschOther Netherlands Beyond the Sea: Dutch America Between Metropolitan Control and Divergence, 1600-1795, Wim KloosterCenter and Periphery in French North America, Leslie ChoquetteThe Frontier Era of the French Caribbean, 1620s-1690s, Philip BoucherNegotiating an Empire: Britain and Its Overseas Peripheries, c. 1550-1780, Elizabeth Mancke Transatlantic Colonization and the Definition of Empire in the Early Modern Era: The British-American Experience, Jack P. GreenePerceptions from the Periphery: Colonial American Views of Britain's Asiatic Empire, 1756-1783, H.V. BowenEmpire for Liberty: Center and Peripheries in Post-Colonial America, Peter S. Onuf

About the Author :
Christine Daniels is Associate Professor of American History at Michigan State University. Michael V.Kennedy is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Michigan-Flint.

Review :
"The fourteen substantive essays in this volume and the introduction to them, all crafted with impressive imagination and skill by careful scholars, demonstrate persuasively how applicable the conceptual framework of center-periphery analysis can be. The volume as a whole . raises challenging questions that enrich the study of early modern empires." -- David Barry Gaspar, DukeUniversity "This fine collection of essays brings together the history of the Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch and British Atlantic empires in a way that illuminates the tensions within and connections between them. In bringing together experts on all of these regions to present a work that truly encompasses all of the Americas, the editors have made a major contribution to the field." -- Laurent Dubois, Michigan State University "While the broad outlines of these topics are familiar, Grob has made several significant contributions... the remarkable ability of pathogens to exploit new environments and the limited capacity of medical contributions to curtail disease--will be useful interventions in contemporary policy debates about public health." -- The Journal of American History, BenMutschler "This collection is highly recommended. Specialists will appreciate the new work on debates that are central to their fields, but, more important, Negotiated Empires offers an accessible, comprehensive, and challenging introduction for non-specialists in one volume. It is a timely and welcome addition to the literature available on world history, Atlantic history, and other comparative or tropical concerns. ." -- Kevin Gosner, Universityof Arizona