Labour, Environment and Empire in the South Atlantic (1780-1860)
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description: 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 proper maritime system. The great global issues of labour (slavery, indentured labour, white emigration), environment (environmental imperialism and imperial environmentalism) and Empire (colonial government, authority and freedom) evolved in the micro-histories of the South Atlantic islands in a very peculiar way, making them precious case-studies to assess wider themes in a new perspective.
abstract: 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 proper maritime system. The great global issues of labour (slavery, indentured labour, white emigration), environment (environmental imperialism and imperial environmentalism) and Empire (colonial government, authority and freedom) evolved in the micro-histories of the South Atlantic islands in a very peculiar way, making them precious case-studies to assess wider themes in a new perspective.
author: Pessina, Mattia
language: eng
keywords: Settore SPS/13 - Storia e Istituzioni Dell'Africa, Settore M-STO/02 - Storia Moderna, Settore SPS/14 - Storia e Istituzioni Dell'Asia, Settore SPS/06 - Storia delle Relazioni Internazionali
date published: 2016
date modified: 2026-07-24T05:04:26Z
provider: Università degli Studi di Trento
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Università degli studi di Trento

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value: https://hdl.handle.net/11572/368478

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property ID: DOI
value: 10.15168/11572_368478