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Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000

Author / Creator
Andrews, George Reid, 1951-
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Summary

Covering the last two hundred years, this book examines how African-descended people made their way out of slavery and into freedom, and how, once free, they helped build social and political democ...

Covering the last two hundred years, this book examines how African-descended people made their way out of slavery and into freedom, and how, once free, they helped build social and political democracy in Latin America.

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Creator
George Reid Andrews
Format
Books
Language
English
Publication
  • Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004
Physical Details
  • viii, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBNs
0195152328, 9780195152326, 0195152336, 9780195152333
OCLC
ocm52478388

  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-274) and index.

  • 1800 -- "An exterminating bolt of lightning": the wars for freedom, 1810-1890 -- "Our new citizens, the blacks": the politics of freedom, 1810-1890 -- "A transfusion of new blood": whitening, 1880-1930 -- Browning and blackening, 1930-2000 -- Into the twenty-first century: 2000 and beyond -- Population counts, 1800-2000
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