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Africa and Africans in the making of the Atlantic world, 1400-1800 / John Thornton.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Studies in comparative world historyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xxxvi, 340 pages : maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521627249 (pbk.)
  • 9780521627245 (pbk.)
  • 0521622174 (hb.)
  • 9780521622172 (hb.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.48/2604
LOC classification:
  • 500 DT 31 T513a 1998
Contents:
Part I. Africans in Africa: 1. The birth of the Atlantic world; 2. The development of commerce between Europeans and Africans; 3. Slavery and African social structure; 4. The process of enslavement and the slave trade; Part II. Africans in the New World: 5. Africans in colonial Atlantic societies; 6. Africans and Afro-Americans in the Atlantic world: life and labour; 7. African cultural groups in the Atlantic world; 8. Transformations of African culture in the Atlantic world; 9. African religions and Christianity in the Atlantic world; 10. Resistance, runaways, and rebels; Part III. Africans in the 18th Century Atlantic World.
Summary: This book explores Africa's involvement in the Atlantic world from the 15th to the 18th century. It focuses especially on the causes and consequences of the slave trade, in Africa, in Europe, and in the New World.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 500 DT 31 T513a 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000032484

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Africans in Africa: 1. The birth of the Atlantic world; 2. The development of commerce between Europeans and Africans; 3. Slavery and African social structure; 4. The process of enslavement and the slave trade; Part II. Africans in the New World: 5. Africans in colonial Atlantic societies; 6. Africans and Afro-Americans in the Atlantic world: life and labour; 7. African cultural groups in the Atlantic world; 8. Transformations of African culture in the Atlantic world; 9. African religions and Christianity in the Atlantic world; 10. Resistance, runaways, and rebels; Part III. Africans in the 18th Century Atlantic World.

This book explores Africa's involvement in the Atlantic world from the 15th to the 18th century. It focuses especially on the causes and consequences of the slave trade, in Africa, in Europe, and in the New World.

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