Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000Oxford University Press, 2004 - 284 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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... regions of Latin America where signif- icant groups of people of known African ancestry are found . ” This requires some further definition , starting with " Latin America . " In keeping with customary usage both in that region and in ...
... region over time ? Part of the explanation can be found in material causes : higher death rates and lower life expectancies for blacks than for whites , European immigration into the region , and other factors . But declines in the ...
... region . Not only have they created much of what defines modern Latin American culture , but also they have driven forward a process of social reform and political democratization that has been at the heart of Latin America's political ...