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Curtin, Philip De Armond was born on May 22, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ellsworth F. and Margaretta (Cope) Curtin.
( In this encyclopedic work of intellectual history, Phil...)
In this encyclopedic work of intellectual history, Philip D. Curtain sought to discover the British image of Africa for the years 1780–1850.
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(The two Jamaicas, one oriented toward Europe and the othe...)
The two Jamaicas, one oriented toward Europe and the other toward Africa, operated in a symbiotic relationship during the 19th century. This work states that this symbiosis, instead of creating an equilibrium, promoted an ambivalence that eventually became Jamaican.
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(The Atlantic slave trade was one of the greatest intercon...)
The Atlantic slave trade was one of the greatest intercontinental migrations in world history. Today, about one-third of all people of African descent live outside Africa. Yet the historical record of the slaved trade remains curiously uneven. Africa Remembered tells much about some of the African societies from which thousands of slaves were imported to the Americas, and from which millions of Afro-Americans are descended. The documents collected here--ten rare, personal recollections--all mirror the West African slave trade from the non-European viewpoint. Each narrative relates vivid, exciting, and sometimes shocking personal experiences. They provide readers with an unusually candid insight into the history of the black people--and their European contemporaries--during this crucial period. Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Bohannan-Curtin, Africa and Africans, Fourth Edition (ISBN 9780881338409); July, A History of the African People, Fifth Edition (ISBN 9780881339802); and Middleton, African Merchants of the Indian Ocean: Swahili of the East African Coast (ISBN 9781577663140).
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Over a period of several centuries, Europeans developed an intricate system of plantation agriculture overseas that was quite different from the agricultural system used at home. Though the plantation complex centered on the American tropics, its influence was much wider. Much more than an economic order for the Americas, the plantation complex had an important place in world history. These essays concentrate on the intercontinental impact.
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(A single theme is pursued in this book - the trade betwee...)
A single theme is pursued in this book - the trade between peoples of differing cultures through world history. Extending from the ancient world to the coming of the commercial revolution, Professor Curtin's discussion encompasses a broad and diverse group of trading relationships. Drawing on insights from economic history and anthropology, Professor Curtin has attempted to move beyond a Europe-centred view of history, to one that can help us understand the entire range of societies in the human past. Examples have been chosen that illustrate the greatest variety of trading relationships between cultures. The opening chapters look at Africa, while subsequent chapters treat the ancient world, the Mediterranean trade with China, the Asian trade in the east, and European entry into the trade with maritime Asia, the Armenian trade carriers of the seventeenth century, and the North American fur trade. Wide-ranging in its concern and the fruit of exhaustive research, the book is nevertheless written so as to be accessible and stimulating to the specialist and the student alike.
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( In the 1950s professional historians claiming to specia...)
In the 1950s professional historians claiming to specialize in tropical Africa were no more than a handful. The teaching of world history was confined to high school courses, and even those focused on European history. Philip Curtin developed a sound methodology for teaching world history and, always a controversial figure, revived the study of the history of the Atlantic slave trade. His career stands as an example of the kind of dissatisfaction and struggle that brought about a sea change in higher education. Curtin founded African Studies and the Program in Comparative World History at Wisconsin and Johns Hopkins universities, programs that produced many of the most influential Africanists from the 1950s into the 1990s.Written with economy and telling detail, On the Fringes of History follows Curtin from his beginnings in West Virginia in the 1920s. This memoir, beautifully illustrated with Curtin's photographs, tracks the emergence of American interest and engagement with the wider world and writes an important chapter in the history of twentieth-century academia.
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Curtin combines modern research and statistical methods with his broad knowledge of the field to present the first book-length quantitative analysis of the Atlantic slave trade. Its basic evidence suggests revision of currently held opinions concerning the place of the slave trade in the economies of the Old World nations and their American colonies. “Curtin’s work will not only be the starting point for all future research on the slave trade and comparative slavery, but will become an indispensable reference for anyone interested in Afro-American studies.”—Journal of American History “Curtin has produced a stimulating monograph, the product of immaculate scholarship, against which all past and future studies will have to be judged.”—Journal of American Studies “Professor Curtin’s new book is up to his customary standard of performance: within the limits he set for himself, The Atlantic Slave Trade could hardly be a better or more important book.”—American Historical Review
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( In this encyclopedic work of intellectual history, Phil...)
In this encyclopedic work of intellectual history, Philip D. Curtain sought to discover the British image of Africa for the years 1780-1850.
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( In this encyclopedic work of intellectual history, Phil...)
In this encyclopedic work of intellectual history, Philip D. Curtain sought to discover the British image of Africa for the years 1780–1850.
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Curtin, Philip De Armond was born on May 22, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ellsworth F. and Margaretta (Cope) Curtin.
Bachelor of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1948; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1953; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Swarthmore College, 1987.
Instructor then assistant professor, Swarthmore College, 1953-1956; member of faculty, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1956-1975; professor of history, University of Wisconsin, since 1961; Michael Jackson Herskovits professor of history and African studies, University of Wisconsin, 1970-1975; chairman program comparative tropical history, University of Wisconsin, 1959-1975; chairman African studies program, University of Wisconsin, 1961-1964; department chairman African languages and literature, University of Wisconsin, 1963-1966; professor of history, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1975; Herbert Baxter Adams professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1982.
(Over a period of several centuries, Europeans developed a...)
( Curtin combines modern research and statistical methods...)
(The two Jamaicas, one oriented toward Europe and the othe...)
(From the beginning of European trade and conquest oversea...)
(A single theme is pursued in this book - the trade betwee...)
(A single theme is pursued in this book - the trade betwee...)
( In the 1950s professional historians claiming to specia...)
(The Atlantic slave trade was one of the greatest intercon...)
( In this encyclopedic work of intellectual history, Phil...)
( In this encyclopedic work of intellectual history, Phil...)
( In this encyclopedic work of intellectual history, Phil...)
Served with United States Merchant Marine, 1943-1946. Member American Philsophical Society, African Studies Association (president 1960, past director), American History Association (council 1967-1970, president 1983), Social Science Research Council (director 1967-1973), International Congress Africanists (vice president 1969-1973), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Anne Gilbert, 1957. Children: Steven D., Charles G., Christopher C.