Reversing Sail: A History of the African Diaspora

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 thoroughly. It also widens the geographical span to include Latin America, while incorporating more on African experiences in Europe, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf. Assessing the impact of religion, global trade, slavery and resistance, and the challenges of modernity, this edition further connects the experiences of Africans and their descendants over time and space, attending to both convergences and divergences, while explaining how the deep past informs subsequent developments.

Author: Michael A. Gomez
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/10/2019
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781108712439
ISBN10: 1108712436
BISAC Categories:
- History | Africa | General
- History | World | General