Category - Non Fiction / History
Format - Paperback
Condition - New
Listed - 3 months ago
Views - 4
Ships From - Texas
Est. Publication Date - Apr 1992
Seller Description
This book explores Africa's involvement in the Atlantic world from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries. It focuses especially on the causes and consequences of the slave trade, in Africa, in Europe, and in the New World. Prior to 1680, Africa's economic and military strength enabled African elites to determine how trade with Europe developed. Thornton examines the dynamics that made slaves so necessary to European colonizers. He explains why African slaves were placed in significant roles. Estate structure and demography affected the capacity of slaves to form a self-sustaining society and behave as cultural actors. This second edition contains a new chapter on eighteenth century developments.
Additional Information
Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1680
ISBN: 9780521398640
Publisher Description
This edition contains a new chapter extending the story into the eighteenth century.
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