| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 366 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
African studies ; 124
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African studies series ; 124.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Contacts, competition, and copper : Benguela until 1710 -- The rise of an Atlantic port, 1710-1850 -- Benguela and the South Atlantic World -- Mechanisms of enslavement -- Political reconfiguration of the Benguela hinterland, 1600-1850 -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"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 trans-Atlantic 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Benguela (Angola) -- Economic conditions.
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Slave trade -- Africa, West -- History.
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Slave trade. |
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West Africa. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Candido, Mariana P. (Mariana Pinho), 1975- African slaving port and the Atlantic world. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9781107336483 (DLC) 2012033211 (OCoLC)808810671 |
| ISBN |
9781107336483 (electronic book) |
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1107336481 (electronic book) |
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9780511997594 (electronic book) |
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0511997590 (electronic book) |
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9781107332447 |
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1107332443 |
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9781107011861 |
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1107011868 |
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9781107334823 |
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1107334829 |
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9781299399884 |
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1299399886 |
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