Document Type
Article
Source Publication Title
Traversea
First Page
77
Last Page
86
Abstract
This article outlines the contours of transatlantic history and identifies some of the works that fit within its parameters. It argues that transatlantic history is a mid-level historiographical unit, encompassing early modern Atlantic history in addition to transatlantic phenomena of the modern era, while at the same time representing a subfield of transnational and world history. As a field of practice it is at least as old as Atlantic history, but in the last two decades a large number of historical studies have adopted the label “transatlantic.” Additionally, an even larger body of self-identified transnational scholarship is transatlantic in form and content but not in name. By identifying them as such and defining the parameters of this field, we can advance it as a collective project of exploration and theorization.
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | History
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Zimmer, Kenyon, "Transatlantic History: Locating and Naming an Emergent Field of Study" (2013). History Faculty Publications & Presentations. 2.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/history_facpubs/2