John Thornton

1.1k total citations
24 papers, 400 citations indexed

About

John Thornton is a scholar working on Anthropology, Cultural Studies and Oral Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, John Thornton has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 400 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Anthropology, 2 papers in Cultural Studies and 2 papers in Oral Surgery. Recurrent topics in John Thornton's work include Colonialism, slavery, and trade (7 papers), African history and culture studies (4 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 papers). John Thornton is often cited by papers focused on Colonialism, slavery, and trade (7 papers), African history and culture studies (4 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 papers). John Thornton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Ireland. John Thornton's co-authors include Paul E. Lovejoy, K.J. Rogers, Patrick Manning, Pieter Emmer, Wyatt MacGaffey, Stuart B. Schwartz, R. A. Dixon, Bernadette H. Schell, P. C. Lund and Irā Berlin and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Pharmacology, The American Historical Review and British Journal of Anaesthesia.

In The Last Decade

John Thornton

18 papers receiving 330 citations

Peers

John Thornton
Daniel R. Mandell United States
Joseph M. Bryant United States
William T. Cavanaugh United States
John Friedl United States
Peter Duus United States
Jonathan Lamb United States
John E. Mason United States
Chong-Min Park South Korea
Daniel E. Sutherland United States
Paul M. Kennedy United Kingdom
Daniel R. Mandell United States
John Thornton
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thornton, John. (2022). African Traditional Religion and Christianity in the Formation of Vodun. Slavery and Abolition. 43(4). 730–757. 1 indexed citations
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Heywood, Linda M. & John Thornton. (2019). In search of the 1619 African arrivals. OpenBU (Boston University). 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, John. (2001). Lo storico il grammatico il bandito : momenti della resistenza greca all'imperium romanum. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, John & Paul E. Lovejoy. (2001). Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 34(1). 159–159. 97 indexed citations
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Thornton, John & Wyatt MacGaffey. (2000). Kongo Political Culture: The Conceptual Challenge of the Particular. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 33(1). 143–143. 24 indexed citations
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Thornton, John, et al.. (2000). General History of Africa, V: Africa from the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Century. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 33(2). 465–465. 9 indexed citations
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Emmer, Pieter & John Thornton. (1999). Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 32(1). 230–230. 31 indexed citations
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Thornton, John. (1995). Al di qua e al di là del Tauro: Una nozione geografica da Alessandro Magno alla tarda antichità. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome).
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Austen, Ralph A. & John Thornton. (1994). Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1680. African Economic History. 168–168. 1 indexed citations
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Berlin, Irā & John Thornton. (1994). Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1680.. The William and Mary Quarterly. 51(3). 544–544. 2 indexed citations
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Thornton, John. (1994). Cahiers d'etudes africaines.. Hispanic American Historical Review. 74(1). 173–173. 40 indexed citations
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Manning, Patrick & John Thornton. (1993). Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1680.. The American Historical Review. 98(2). 469–469. 53 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Stuart B. & John Thornton. (1993). Africa and the Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1680.. Hispanic American Historical Review. 73(3). 500–500. 16 indexed citations
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Schell, Bernadette H. & John Thornton. (1985). A media course commitment study in a Canadian university: empirical validation of an exchange model. Distance Education. 6(2). 209–222. 3 indexed citations
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Thornton, John. (1982). THE PROBLEM OF HISTAMINE IN ANAESTHISIA. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 54(1). 1–2. 3 indexed citations
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Thornton, John & Phyllis M. Martin. (1981). Historical Dictionary of Angola. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 15(3). 620–620.
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Dixon, R. A., et al.. (1971). A minimal increment methohexitone technique in conservative dentistry. Anaesthesia. 26(1). 3–21. 17 indexed citations
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Rogers, K.J. & John Thornton. (1969). The interaction between monoamine oxidase inhibitors and narcotic analgesics in mice. British Journal of Pharmacology. 36(3). 470–480. 71 indexed citations
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Thornton, John & P. C. Lund. (1966). CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH PRILOCAINE. Survey of Anesthesiology. 10(2). 169???170–169???170. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, John. (1962). PHYSIOLOGICAL DEAD SPACE. Survey of Anesthesiology. 6(2). 109???110–109???110. 4 indexed citations

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