Blackness in the white nation : a history of Afro-Uruguay /

Andrews, George Reid, 1951-

Blackness in the white nation : a history of Afro-Uruguay / George Reid Andrews. - 1st ed. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010. - xiii, 241 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-231) and index.

Introduction -- This noble race has glorious aspirations, 1830-1920 -- Remembering Africa : comparsas and candombe, 1870-1950 -- The new Negros, 1920-1960 -- Today everyone dances candombe, 1950-2010 -- Dictatorship and democracy, 1960-2010.

9780807834176 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780807871584 (pbk : alk. paper)

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Blacks--History.--Uruguay
Blacks--Social conditions--Uruguay--19th century.
Blacks--Social conditions--Uruguay--20th century.
Candombe (Dance)--Uruguay.
Negros--Historia--Uruguay.
Relaciones raciales--Uruguay.


Uruguay--Race relations.

119 F 2799 / A566b 2010

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