Atlantic crossroads: webs of migration, culture and politics between Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1800–2020

Unlike most books on the Atlantic that associate its history with European colonialism and thus end in 1800, this volume demonstrates that the Atlantic connections not only outlasted colonialism, they also reached unprecedented levels in postcolonial times, when the Atlantic truly became the world’s...

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Other Authors: Moya, José C. 1952- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Series:Routledge studies in modern history
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:Unlike most books on the Atlantic that associate its history with European colonialism and thus end in 1800, this volume demonstrates that the Atlantic connections not only outlasted colonialism, they also reached unprecedented levels in postcolonial times, when the Atlantic truly became the world’s major crossroads and dominant economy. Twice as many Europeans entered New York, Buenos Aires, and Sao Paulo in 3 years on the eve of WWI as had arrived in all the New World during 300 years of colonial rule. Transatlantic ties surged again with mass movements from the West Indies, Latin America, and Africa to North America and Western Europe from 1960s to the present. As befits a transnational subject, the 24 contributors in this volume come from 14 different countries. Over half of the chapters are co-authored, an exceptional level of scholarly collaboration, and all but two are explicitly comparative.  Comparisons include Congo and Yoruba slaves in Brazil, Irish and Italian mercenaries and adventurers in the New World, German Lutherans in Canada and Argentina, Spanish laborers in Algeria and Cuba, the diasporic nationalism of ethnic groups without nation states, and the transatlantic politics of fascism and anti-fascism in the interwar. Overall, the volume shows the Atlantic World’s distinctiveness rested not on the level or persistence of colonial control but on the density and longevity of human migrations and the resulting high levels of social and cultural contact, circulation, connection, and mixing.  This title will appeal to graduate students and researchers in the varied fields of international migration, social history, comparative migration studies nationalism, diaspora, citizenship, anthropology, international relations, migration studies, and area studies
Physical Description:xxiv, 363 Seiten Karte, Diagramme
ISBN:9780367699871
9780367699901

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