TY - BOOK AU - Thornton,John K. AU - Thornton,John K. TI - Africa and Africans in the making of the Atlantic world, 1400-1800 SN - 0521627249 (pbk.) AV - 500 DT 31 T513a 1998 U1 - 303.48/2604 PY - 1998/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Slavery KW - Esclavitud KW - Africa KW - Relations KW - Europe KW - Europa KW - Relaciones KW - America KW - History KW - 1492-1648 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I. Africans in Africa: 1. The birth of the Atlantic world; 2. The development of commerce between Europeans and Africans; 3. Slavery and African social structure; 4. The process of enslavement and the slave trade; Part II. Africans in the New World: 5. Africans in colonial Atlantic societies; 6. Africans and Afro-Americans in the Atlantic world: life and labour; 7. African cultural groups in the Atlantic world; 8. Transformations of African culture in the Atlantic world; 9. African religions and Christianity in the Atlantic world; 10. Resistance, runaways, and rebels; Part III. Africans in the 18th Century Atlantic World N2 - This book explores Africa's involvement in the Atlantic world from the 15th to the 18th century. It focuses especially on the causes and consequences of the slave trade, in Africa, in Europe, and in the New World ER -