Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000While 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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For the first time ever, the country's 35.3 million Hispanic residents now slightly exceeded the black population of 34.7 million.1 Quietly elided in such a report is the fact that “blacks” and “Hispanics” are not necessarily separate ...
For the first time ever, the country's 35.3 million Hispanic residents now slightly exceeded the black population of 34.7 million.1 Quietly elided in such a report is the fact that “blacks” and “Hispanics” are not necessarily separate ...
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In this book I have set the threshold of “significance” at people of African ancestry constituting 5–10percent (or more) of the population for that region or nation to become part of Afro-Latin America. This seems to be the level at ...
In this book I have set the threshold of “significance” at people of African ancestry constituting 5–10percent (or more) of the population for that region or nation to become part of Afro-Latin America. This seems to be the level at ...
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... were no longer part of the region, as their black and mulatto populations fell below the 5 percent threshold. ... Why has the proportional representation of the black population tended to decline throughout the region over time?
... were no longer part of the region, as their black and mulatto populations fell below the 5 percent threshold. ... Why has the proportional representation of the black population tended to decline throughout the region over time?
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Thus, in this book, I use “Afro-Latin America” in the racially inclusive, “Latin America-centric” sense to refer to those regions or societies where people of African ancestry constituted at least 5 to 10 percent of the total population ...
Thus, in this book, I use “Afro-Latin America” in the racially inclusive, “Latin America-centric” sense to refer to those regions or societies where people of African ancestry constituted at least 5 to 10 percent of the total population ...
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... communities that stretched across Afro-Latin America, as well as free black and brown populations that dwarfed those of British, French, and Dutch America and, in most of the region, were larger than the slave population itself.
... communities that stretched across Afro-Latin America, as well as free black and brown populations that dwarfed those of British, French, and Dutch America and, in most of the region, were larger than the slave population itself.
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معاينة المستخدمين - Fledgist - LibraryThingA brief, but thorough history of the African presence in Latin America from the beginning of the era of independence to the end of the twentieth century. This is a work of great importance that fills a huge gap in the literature on Latin America. قراءة التقييم بأكمله
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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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