Reversing Sail A History of the African Diaspora
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Beginning with antiquity, Reversing Sail: A History of the African Diaspora captures the essential political, cultural, social, and economic developments that shaped the black experience. In this second edition, Michael A. Gomez updates the text to include the most recent research on the African Diaspora. Continuing to pay particular attention to the lives of the working classes, the second edition expands its temporal boundaries to include developments into the twenty-first century, as well as integrating women and feminist perspectives more…
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Key features
- Updates the text of the first edition with the most recent research on the African Diaspora
- Expands its temporal boundaries to include developments into the twenty-first century, including a sustained analysis of African wars of independence and immigration since World War II
- Widens the geographic span to include Latin America, while incorporating more material on the African experience in Europe, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108595643
- Series Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora
- Subjects African History,African Studies,American Studies,Area Studies,History,Regional and World History: General Interest
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 21 November 2019
- ISBN: 9781108498715
- Dimensions (mm): 228 x 152 mm
- Weight: 0.64kg
- Contains: 30 b/w illus. 8 maps
- Page extent: 312 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 21 November 2019
- ISBN: 9781108712439
- Dimensions (mm): 228 x 152 mm
- Weight: 0.54kg
- Contains: 30 b/w illus. 8 maps
- Page extent: 312 pages
- Availability: In stock
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 14 November 2019
- ISBN: 9781108595643
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