Neither Black Nor White
Neither Black Nor White

Author: Carl N. Degler

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9780299109141

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A comparative study of slavery in Brazil and the United States, first published in 1971, looking at the demographic, economic, and cultural factors that allowed black people in Brazil to gain economically and retain their African culture, while the U.S. pursued a course of racial segregation.

A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire
A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire

Author: Anthony R. Disney

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-04-13

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 052140908X

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A comprehensive overview and reinterpretation of Portugal's formation and history up to 1807 and of its acquisition of a wide-flung maritime empire from the early fifteenth century.

An African Slaving Port and the Atlantic World
An African Slaving Port and the Atlantic World

Author: Mariana Candido

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-03-29

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 1107328381

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This book traces the history and development of the port of Benguela, the third largest port of slave embarkation on the coast of Africa, from the early seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Benguela, located on the central coast of present-day Angola, was founded by the Portuguese in the early seventeenth century. In discussing the impact of the transatlantic slave trade on African societies, Mariana P. Candido explores the formation of new elites, the collapse of old states and the emergence of new states. Placing Benguela in an Atlantic perspective, this study shows how events in the Caribbean and Brazil affected social and political changes on the African coast. This book emphasizes the importance of the South Atlantic as a space for the circulation of people, ideas and crops.