Beginning in 1400, Manning organizes his history chronologically, tracing five central themes throughout: the connections that enabled Africans to mutually identify and hold together as a global community; discourses on race; changes in economic circumstance; the character of family life; and the evolution of popular culture. His approach builds new connections between the histories of seemingly disparate and isolated worlds. In the mid-nineteenth century, for example, slavery came under attack in North America, South America, southern Africa, West Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and India, with former slaves rising to positions of political prominence. Yet at the beginning of the twentieth century, the near-elimination of slavery brought new forms of discrimination that removed almost all blacks fromgovernment. Manning's broad study highlights the tremendous influence of the African diaspora on world history. It also demonstrates that the advent of modernity cannot be imaginatively and comprehensively engaged without taking the African peoples and the African continent as a whole into account.
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Beginning in 1400, Manning organizes his history chronologically, tracing five central themes throughout: the connections that enabled Africans to mutually identify and hold together as a global community; discourses on race; changes in economic circumstance; the character of family life; and the evolution of popular culture. His approach builds new connections between the histories of seemingly disparate and isolated worlds. In the mid-nineteenth century, for example, slavery came under attack in North America, South America, southern Africa, West Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and India, with former slaves rising to positions of political prominence. Yet at the beginning of the twentieth century, the near-elimination of slavery brought new forms of discrimination that removed almost all blacks fromgovernment. Manning's broad study highlights the tremendous influence of the African diaspora on world history. It also demonstrates that the advent of modernity cannot be imaginatively and comprehensively engaged without taking the African peoples and the African continent as a whole into account.
Imprint | Columbia University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Columbia Studies in International and Global History |
Release date | May 2009 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | April 2009 |
Authors | Patrick Manning |
Dimensions | 235 x 156 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Trade binding |
Pages | 424 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-231-14470-4 |
Barcode | 9780231144704 |
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LSN | 0-231-14470-9 |