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The African Diaspora: A History Through Culture
Patrick Manning
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Description for The African Diaspora: A History Through Culture
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 424 pages, 44 illus. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 33. Weight in Grams: 772.
Patrick Manning refuses to divide the African diaspora into the experiences of separate regions and nations. Instead, he follows the multiple routes that brought Africans and people of African descent into contact with one another and with Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In weaving these stories together, Manning shows how the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Indian Ocean fueled dynamic interactions among black communities and cultures and how these patterns resembled those of a number of connected diasporas concurrently taking shape across the globe. Manning begins in 1400 and traces five central themes: the connections ... Read more
Patrick Manning refuses to divide the African diaspora into the experiences of separate regions and nations. Instead, he follows the multiple routes that brought Africans and people of African descent into contact with one another and with Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In weaving these stories together, Manning shows how the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Indian Ocean fueled dynamic interactions among black communities and cultures and how these patterns resembled those of a number of connected diasporas concurrently taking shape across the globe. Manning begins in 1400 and traces five central themes: the connections ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
424
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Series
Columbia Studies in International and Global History
Condition
New
Weight
771g
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231144704
SKU
V9780231144704
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About Patrick Manning
Patrick Manning is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of World History and Director of the World History Center at the University of Pittsburgh, President of the American Historical Association, and president of the World History Network, a nonprofit corporation fostering research in world history. His books include Slavery and African Life, Migration in World History, and Navigating World History: Historians Create ... Read more
Reviews for The African Diaspora: A History Through Culture
A substantial contribution... setting a useful benchmark for the relocation of Africa to the centre of global history.
Stacey Hynd History This is a welcome addition to the field... Highly recommended. Choice Readers will be impressed by the book's breadth and the arresting parallels it draws between events and dynamics taking place thousands of miles apart. Foreign Affairs The ... Read more
Stacey Hynd History This is a welcome addition to the field... Highly recommended. Choice Readers will be impressed by the book's breadth and the arresting parallels it draws between events and dynamics taking place thousands of miles apart. Foreign Affairs The ... Read more