...provides the open-minded reader with a thought-provoking, very readable, at times even fascinating, collection of essays. -- Stewart R. Ross, Institute of International Relations, Prague * Journal of International Relations and Development * All of the essays in this collection are well-researched and well-argued...[ this collection] well reflects both the progress scholars have made in creating a new field of study with an ocean basin, the Atlantic, as its centre, rather than a continent or nation-state, but also the challenges that lie ahead in conceptualising that field, 'Transatlantic Studies,' in a way that truly distinguishes methodologically and topically from the older area studies programmes. -- Gayle K. Brunelle, California State University, Fullerton * Itinerario * All of the essays in this collection are well-researched and well-argued...[ this collection] well reflects both the progress scholars have made in creating a new field of study with an ocean basin, the Atlantic, as its centre, rather than a continent or nation-state, but also the challenges that lie ahead in conceptualising that field, 'Transatlantic Studies,' in a way that truly distinguishes methodologically and topically from the older area studies programmes. -- Gayle K. Brunelle, California State University, Fullerton * Itinerario * ...provides the open-minded reader with a thought-provoking, very readable, at times even fascinating, collection of essays. -- Stewart R. Ross, Institute of International Relations, Prague * Journal of International Relations and Development *