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  • The Last Abolition

    The Brazilian Antislavery Movement, 1868–1888

    by Angela Alonso ...
    Series series Afro-Latin America
    Seamlessly entwining archival research and sociological debates, The Last Abolition is a lively and engaging historical narrative that uncovers the broad history of Brazilian anti-slavery activists and the trajectory of their work, from earnest beginnings to eventual abolition. In detailing their principles, alliances and conflicts, Angela Alonso offers a new interpretation of the Brazilian anti ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Globalizing Citizens

    New Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion

    by Marjorie Mayo, Melissa Leach, Angela Alonso, Rajesh Tandon, Ian Scoones, Saturnino M. Borras, Steven Robins, Peter Newell CSGR, Rosalba Icaza, Rebecca Cassidy0, Rebecca Napier-Moore1, Jennifer C. Franco2, Julie Thekkudan3, Linda Waldman4, Lyla Mehta5, Marcelo Saguier6 ...
    Series series Claiming Citizenship
    Globalization has given rise to new meanings of citizenship. Just as they are tied together by global production, trade and finance, citizens in every nation are linked by the institutions of global governance, bringing new dynamics of inclusion and exclusion. For some, globalization provides a sense of solidarity that inspires them to join transnational movements to claim rights from global ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Citizenship and Social Movements

    Perspectives from the Global South

    by Eghosa E. Osaghae, Arilson Favareto, Ranjita Mohanty, Laurence Edward Piper, Simeen Mahmud, Linda Waldman, Lyla Mehta, Angela Alonso, Carlos Cortez Ruiz ...
    Series series Claiming Citizenship
    Debates over social movements have suffered from a predominate focus on North America and western Europe, often neglecting the significance of collective action in the global South. Citizenship and Social Movements seeks to partially redress this imbalance with case studies from Brazil, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, South Africa and Nigeria.This volume points to the complex relationships that ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

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  • Black in Latin America

    by Henry Louis Gates Jr. ...
    The third installment of Gates's documentary trilogy on the Black Experience, following America Behind the Color Line and Wonders of the African World.Selected as a 2012 Outstanding Title by AAUP University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New World during the Middle Passage. While just over 11.0 million survived the arduous journey, ... Read more

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  • Brazil - An Interpretation

    by Gilberto Freyre ...
    A series of lectures on the ethnic and social fusion that makes Brazil the country it is today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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  • Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans, and Vagabonds

    Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America

    by Gregory Rodriguez ...
    An unprecedented account of the long-term cultural and political influences that Mexican-Americans will have on the collective character of our nation.In considering the largest immigrant group in American history, Gregory Rodriguez examines the complexities of its heritage and of the racial and cultural synthesis--mestizaje--that has defined the Mexican people since the Spanish conquest in the ... Read more

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  • Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400–1800

    by John Thornton ...
    Series series Studies in Comparative World History
    This book explores Africa's involvement in the Atlantic world from the fifteenth century to the eighteenth century. It focuses especially on the causes and consequences of the slave trade, in Africa, in Europe, and in the New World. African institutions, political events, and economic structures shaped Africa's voluntary involvement in the Atlantic arena before 1680. Africa's economic and military ... Read more

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  • Slavery in Brazil

    by Herbert S. Klein, Francisco Vidal Luna ...
    Brazil was the American society that received the largest contingent of African slaves in the Americas and the longest lasting slave regime in the Western Hemisphere. This is the first complete modern survey of the institution of slavery in Brazil and how it affected the lives of enslaved Africans. It is based on major new research on the institution of slavery and the role of Africans and their ... Read more

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  • The Hidden History of Capoeira

    A Collision of Cultures in the Brazilian Battle Dance

    by Maya Talmon-Chvaicer ...
    Capoeira, a Brazilian battle dance and national sport, has become popular all over the world. First brought to Brazil by African slaves and first documented in the late eighteenth century, capoeira has undergone many transformations as it has diffused throughout Brazilian society and beyond, taking on a multiplicity of meanings for those who participate in it and for the societies in which it is ... Read more

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  • A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250–1820

    by John K. Thornton ...
    A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250–1820 explores the idea that strong links exist in the histories of Africa, Europe and North and South America. John K. Thornton provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the Atlantic Basin before 1830 by describing political, social and cultural interactions between the continents' inhabitants. He traces the backgrounds of the populations on ... Read more

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  • Beyond Slavery

    The Multilayered Legacy of Africans in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Edited by Darién J. Davis ...
    Series series Jaguar Books on Latin America
    Beyond Slavery traces the enduring impact and legacy of the African diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean in the modern era. In a rich set of essays, the volume explores the multiple ways that Africans have affected political, economic, and cultural life throughout the region. Focusing on areas traditionally associated with Afro-Latin American culture such as Brazil and the Caribbean basin, ... Read more

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