From the publisher’s description:
This volume began with the symposium on Atlantic port cities held at the Library of Congress in May 1986. Ten original essays examine the texture of economy, society, and culture in selected Latin American and Caribbean ports, illustrating the patterns of development.
Knight, Franklin W. (NHC Fellow, 1986–87), ed. Atlantic Port Cities: Economy, Culture, and Society in the Atlantic World, 1650-1850. Edited by Franklin W. Knight and Peggy K. Liss. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1991. ISBN 0870496573.