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Making the Black Atlantic: Britain and the African Diaspora
James Walvin
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Description for Making the Black Atlantic: Britain and the African Diaspora
Hardback. Series: The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Bloomsbury Academic Collections. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 432.
The British role in the shaping of the African diaspora was central: the British carried more Africans across the Atlantic than any other nation and their colonial settlements in the Caribbean and North America absorbed vast numbers of Africans. The crops produced by those slaves helped to lay the foundations for Western material well-being, and their associated cultural habits helped to shape key areas of Western sociability that survive to this day. Britain was also central in the drive to end slavery, in her own possessions and elsewhere in the world. Making the Black Atlantic presents a coherent story of ... Read more
The British role in the shaping of the African diaspora was central: the British carried more Africans across the Atlantic than any other nation and their colonial settlements in the Caribbean and North America absorbed vast numbers of Africans. The crops produced by those slaves helped to lay the foundations for Western material well-being, and their associated cultural habits helped to shape key areas of Western sociability that survive to this day. Britain was also central in the drive to end slavery, in her own possessions and elsewhere in the world. Making the Black Atlantic presents a coherent story of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474292894
SKU
V9781474292894
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About James Walvin
James Walvin is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of York, UK.
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