Working the Diaspora: The Impact of African Labor on the Anglo-American World, 1650-1850

by Frederick Knight

Book Overview

From the sixteenth to early-nineteenth century, four times more Africans than Europeans crossed the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. While this forced migration stripped slaves of their liberty, it failed to destroy many of their cultural practices, which came with Africans to the New World. In Working the Diaspora, Frederick Knight examines work cultures on both sides of the Atlantic, from West and West Central Africa to British North America and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814763693
• ISBN13: 9780814763698
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"