English Atlantic Maritime Communications and Community, 1675-1740

The English Atlantic, 1675-1740: An Exploration of Communication and Community is an interdisciplinary study by Mark M Smith. It examines how maritime communications, including shipping, postal services, and newspapers, facilitated political, economic, and social integration across the English Atlantic world. The work suggests a new mode of analyzing Colonial history.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the impact of maritime communication frequency and speed on colonial integration based on the description.
• Studying the relationship between new postal services, newspapers, and political cohesion in the English Atlantic.
• Modeling socioeconomic integration based on described changes in communication avenues.
• Exploring the influence of physical and technological aspects of seaborne communication on community structure.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific and defined historical period from 1675 to 1740.
• Examines an interdisciplinary topic integrating communication, history, and politics.

Limitations

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• License is listed as closed, restricting open use.

Provenance

Source

Mark M Smith

Collection Method

Interdisciplinary historical study.

Time Range

1675-1740

Freshness

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Geography

English Atlantic (Caribbean to Hudson Bay)