Nature and Culture in the Early Modern Atlantic |
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| Author:
| Mancall, Peter C. |
| Series title: | The Early Modern Americas Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-2472-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Nature and Culture in the Early Modern Atlantic reveals how Europeans and Native Americans devised ways to understand the environment. Drawing on paintings, oral history, early printed books, and other cultural artifacts, Peter C. Mancall argues that human understanding of nature played a central role in the emergence of the modern world.
Nature and Culture in the Early Modern Atlantic reveals how Europeans and Native Americans devised ways to understand the environment. Drawing on paintings, oral history, early printed books, and other cultural artifacts, Peter C. Mancall argues that human understanding of nature played a central role in the emergence of the modern world.