Africa and Africans in the making of the Atlantic world, 1400-1680 /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
John Thornton
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1992
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxxviii, 309 pages :
Other Physical Details
5 maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Studies in comparative world history
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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The birth of an Atlantic world -- The development of commerce between Europeans and Africans -- Slavery and African social structure -- The process of enslavement and the slave trade -- Africans in colonial Atlantic societies -- Africans and Afro Americans in the Atlantic world: life and labor -- African cultural groups in the Atlantic world -- Transformations of African culture in the Atlantic world -- African religions and Christianity in the Atlantic world -- Resistance, runaways, and rebels