{"product_id":"the-african-diaspora-a-history-through-culture-columbia-studies-in-international-and-global-history-9780231144704","title":"The African Diaspora: A History Through Culture (Columbia Studies in International and Global History)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePatrick Manning refuses to divide the African diaspora into the experiences of separate regions and nations. Instead  he follows the multiple routes that brought Africans and people of African descent into contact with one another and with Europe  Asia  and the Americas. In weaving these stories together  Manning shows how the waters of the Atlantic Ocean  the Mediterranean Sea  and the Indian Ocean fueled dynamic interactions among black communities and cultures and how these patterns resembled those of a number of connected diasporas concurrently taking shape across the globe.  Manning begins in 1400 and traces five central themes: 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 reveals links among seemingly disparate 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 from government for half a century.  Manning underscores the profound influence that the African diaspora had on world history  demonstrating the inextricable link between black migration and the rise of modernity  especially in regards to the processes of industrialization and urbanization. A remarkably inclusive and far-reaching work  The African Diaspora proves that the advent of modernity cannot be imaginatively or comprehensively engaged without taking the African peoples and the African continent as a whole into account.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279709593653,"sku":"ByrdShop_0231144709","price":85.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780231144704.jpg?v=1780607217","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-african-diaspora-a-history-through-culture-columbia-studies-in-international-and-global-history-9780231144704","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}