Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400–1800

By:

John Thornton

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Studies in Comparative World History

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This book explores Africa's involvement in the Atlantic world from the fifteenth century to the eighteenth century. It focuses especially on the causes and consequences of the slave trade, in Africa, in Europe, and in the New World. African institutions, political events, and economic structures shaped Africa's voluntary involvement in the Atlantic arena before 1680. Africa's economic and military strength gave African elites the capacity to determine how trade with Europe developed. Thornton examines the dynamics of colonization which made slaves so necessary to European colonizers, and he explains why African slaves were placed in roles of central significance. Estate structure and demography affected the capacity of slaves to form a self-sustaining society and behave as cultural actors, transferring and transforming African culture in the New World.

Release date NZ

April 28th, 1998

Author

John Thornton

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Edition

2nd Revised edition

Illustrations

5 Maps; 5 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

380

Series

Studies in Comparative World History

Dimensions

152x227x23

ISBN-13

9780521627245

Product ID

2365280

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