Human Tradition in the Black Atlantic, 1500-2000 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780742567306)

Like snapshots of everyday life in the past, the compelling biographies in this book document the making of the Black Atlantic world since the sixteenth century from the point of view of those who were part of it. Centering on the diaspora caused by the forced migration of Africans to Europe and across the Atlantic to the Americas, the chapters explore the slave trade, enslavement, resistance, adaptation, cultural transformations, and the quest for citizenship rights. Drawing on a rich array of little-known documents, the contributors reconstruct the lives and times of some well-known characters along with ordinary people who rarely left written records and would otherwise have remained anonymous and unknown.

Author: Beatriz G. Mamigonian
ISBN-10: 0742567303
ISBN-13: 9780742567306
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 11/16/2009
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2010