The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II , which Fernand Braudel published in 1949, has profound consequences for many historical fields, and this work has prompted historians to engage in the studies centring on the sea and coastal areas, such as, the Atlantic, the Baltic Sea, and the Pacific. The development of imperial history and Atlantic history has encouraged many historians to pay attention to the British Atlantic World in the eighteenth century, and they attempt to reconstruct the history of the British Atlantic. Therefore, this essay focuses on the British Atlantic world in the eighteenth century and demonstrates how Braudel's methodology in The Mediterranean has influenced historians' approaches to the study of this field.
This essay is composed of three parts, and the first part shows the outline of The Mediterranean and considers Braudel’ methodology. The Mediterranean consists of three parts. The first part, The Role of the Environment, deals with the geographical and environmental characters in the Mediterranean world and explains that they had definitive effects on human activities including politics and economy. The second part, Collective Destinies and General Trends, concentrates on the societies in the Mediterranean world and analyses the interactive activities among people, such as commerce, …show more content…
Of course, as there is huge difference between the British Atlantic world in the eighteenth century and the Mediterranean world in the sixteenth century due to the spread of the areas people could act around the world, historians cannot borrow Braudel’s way in the Mediterranean without caution. However, Braudel’s methodology contributes to the fruitful and interesting studies of the British Atlantic world in the eighteenth century which recreate it with interactive human activities on the both sides of the
This essay is composed of three parts, and the first part shows the outline of The Mediterranean and considers Braudel’ methodology. The Mediterranean consists of three parts. The first part, The Role of the Environment, deals with the geographical and environmental characters in the Mediterranean world and explains that they had definitive effects on human activities including politics and economy. The second part, Collective Destinies and General Trends, concentrates on the societies in the Mediterranean world and analyses the interactive activities among people, such as commerce, …show more content…
Of course, as there is huge difference between the British Atlantic world in the eighteenth century and the Mediterranean world in the sixteenth century due to the spread of the areas people could act around the world, historians cannot borrow Braudel’s way in the Mediterranean without caution. However, Braudel’s methodology contributes to the fruitful and interesting studies of the British Atlantic world in the eighteenth century which recreate it with interactive human activities on the both sides of the