Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000

by George Reid Andrews

Book Overview

While the rise and abolition of slavery and ongoing race relations are central themes of the history of the United States, the African diaspora actually had a far greater impact on Latin and Central America. More than ten times as many Africans came to Spanish and Portuguese America as the United States.

In this, the first history of the African diaspora in Latin America from emancipation to the present, George Reid Andrews deftly synthesizes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195152336
• ISBN13: 9780195152333
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"