The Myth of Early Globalisation: The Atlantic Economy, 1500-1800
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: In recent historiography, it has been argued that the expansion of Europe between 1500 and 1800 created a “system” in the Atlantic by which the economies of Europe, West Africa and the New World were closely interconnected by trade and migration. However, the available evidence suggests that the economic implications of such a system were of marginal importance. Rather than boosting the economy, the “Atlantic System” stimulated the expansion of European values and norms, such as private property, monogamy, the nuclear family, free labour, and the place of women and children in society.
Source: Nuevo mundo mundos nuevos
Author: Pieter Emmer
Institution: Leiden University
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1980484026