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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... region were attempting to escape the legacy of the experience of slavery by “whitening” and “Europeanizing” themselves. While some countries—Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Uruguay—succeeded in attracting millions of European immigrants and ...
... region were attempting to escape the legacy of the experience of slavery by “whitening” and “Europeanizing” themselves. While some countries—Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Uruguay—succeeded in attracting millions of European immigrants and ...
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... regions of Colombia relied even more heavily on African slave labor, imported through the Caribbean port of Cartagena. Intensely hot and humid rainforest conditions made the region intolerable to Europeans and Indian laborers from the ...
... regions of Colombia relied even more heavily on African slave labor, imported through the Caribbean port of Cartagena. Intensely hot and humid rainforest conditions made the region intolerable to Europeans and Indian laborers from the ...
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... region to region. That variation was explained by two factors: the degree to which local economies were integrated into the international export economy, and the availability (or lack thereof) of Indian labor. In regions that did not ...
... region to region. That variation was explained by two factors: the degree to which local economies were integrated into the international export economy, and the availability (or lack thereof) of Indian labor. In regions that did not ...
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... at promoting trade with Pernambuco, where sugar production had declined sharply during the first half of the century, and with the cotton-growing region of Maranhão. Then during the 1760s and 1770s both 18 AFRO-LATIN AMERICA.
... at promoting trade with Pernambuco, where sugar production had declined sharply during the first half of the century, and with the cotton-growing region of Maranhão. Then during the 1760s and 1770s both 18 AFRO-LATIN AMERICA.
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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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