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Drang Nach Osten: Bernard Bailyn, the World-Island, and the Idea of Atlantic History
- Journal of World History
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 13, Number 1, Spring 2002
- pp. 169-182
- 10.1353/jwh.2002.0005
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This essay attempts at once to perform three interrelated tasks: to provide a brief sketch of the development of the field of Atlantic history; to document and assess Bernard Bailyn's monumental contributions to this field; and to issue a respectful but spirited critique of Atlantic history from a global perspective.