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- University of North Carolina Press
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- Copyright © 2008 The University of North Carolina Press.
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- 1534-147X
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Abstract
Jason M. Payton Sam Houston State University The Atlantic turn in historical and literary studies has created a wave of interest among scholars in both fields whose research agendas do not fit easily within nationalist and territorial paradigms.1 The sheer expansiveness of the field of Atlantic history has generated an exciting array of studies on the impact of the Atlantic on the development of economic, political, and cultural systems on the four continents that form its basin.2 And yet, for all the attention that has been paid to the myriad exchanges that took place throughout the Atlantic world, there is still a pressing need for more extensive study of maritime society itself. In their assessment of the present state and future prospects of the field, Jack P. Greene and Philip D. Morgan argue that Atlantic historians need to pay more attention to the multiple and varied maritime cultures of the Atlantic, and that Atlantic history must explore more fully the "exchange of values and the circulation of ideas" that accompanied the movements of people and goods across the ocean (12, 14). Literary historians have recently come to a similar conclusion. Traditional approaches to early American literary history have
Journal
Early American Literature – University of North Carolina Press
Published: Jul 19, 2013