The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States

by Peter H. Wood

Book Overview

The Afro-Latin@ Reader focuses attention on a large, vibrant, yet oddly invisible community in the United States: people of African descent from Latin America and the Caribbean. The presence of Afro-Latin@s in the United States (and throughout the Americas) belies the notion that Blacks and Latin@s are two distinct categories or cultures. Afro-Latin@s are uniquely situated to bridge the widening social divide between Latin@s and African Americans;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822345722
• ISBN13: 9780822345725
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"