Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000Oxford University Press, 24/06/2004 - 299 من الصفحات While the rise and abolition of slavery and ongoing race relations are central themes of the history of the United States, the African diaspora actually had a far greater impact on Latin and Central America. More than ten times as many Africans came to Spanish and Portuguese America as the United States. In this, the first history of the African diaspora in Latin America from emancipation to the present, George Reid Andrews deftly synthesizes the history of people of African descent in every Latin American country from Mexico and the Caribbean to Argentina. He examines how African peooples and their descendants made their way from slavery to freedom and how they helped shape and responded to political, economic, and cultural changes in their societies. Individually and collectively they pursued the goals of freedom, equality, and citizenship through military service, political parties, civic organizations, labor unions, religious activity, and other avenues. Spanning two centuries, this tour de force should be read by anyone interested in Latin American history, the history of slavery, and the African diaspora, as well as the future of Latin America. |
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... African ancestry are an estimated one-quarter of the total population. Indeed, the heart of the New World African diaspora lies not north of the border, in the United States, but south. During the period of slavery, ten times as many ...
... African ancestry are an estimated one-quarter of the total population. Indeed, the heart of the New World African diaspora lies not north of the border, in the United States, but south. During the period of slavery, ten times as many ...
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... African ancestry are found.”7This requires some further definition, starting with “Latin America.” In keeping with customary usage both in that region and in the United States, I define Latin America as that group of American nations ...
... African ancestry are found.”7This requires some further definition, starting with “Latin America.” In keeping with customary usage both in that region and in the United States, I define Latin America as that group of American nations ...
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... African ancestry disappeared from those countries or ceased to exist. Their absolute numbers, in fact, may even be greater today than they were in 1800 (though the lack of racial census data in those countries makes it impossible to ...
... African ancestry disappeared from those countries or ceased to exist. Their absolute numbers, in fact, may even be greater today than they were in 1800 (though the lack of racial census data in those countries makes it impossible to ...
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... African ancestry. During the colonial period this was true both at the level of formal state directives and in the popular mind, where blacks and browns were characterized by images and stereotypes that were somewhat different but in ...
... African ancestry. During the colonial period this was true both at the level of formal state directives and in the popular mind, where blacks and browns were characterized by images and stereotypes that were somewhat different but in ...
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... African diaspora? Unavoidably, it is about both, which, in turn, requires care and consistency of terminology to avoid ambiguity. Thus, in this book, I use “Afro-Latin America” in the racially inclusive, “Latin America-centric” sense to ...
... African diaspora? Unavoidably, it is about both, which, in turn, requires care and consistency of terminology to avoid ambiguity. Thus, in this book, I use “Afro-Latin America” in the racially inclusive, “Latin America-centric” sense to ...
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The Wars for Freedom 18101890 | 53 |
The Politics of Freedom 18101890 | 85 |
Whitening 18801930 | 117 |
Chapter 5 Browning and Blackening 19302000 | 153 |
2000 and Beyond | 191 |
Population Counts 18002000 | 203 |
Glossary | 209 |
Notes | 213 |
Selected Bibliography | 247 |
Index | 275 |
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