{"product_id":"recent-themes-in-the-history-of-africa-and-the-atlantic-world-paperback","title":"Recent Themes in the History of Africa and the Atlantic World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald A. Yerxa\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed as \"the New York Review of Books for history,\" Historically Speaking has emerged as one of the most distinctive historical publications in recent years, actively seeking out contributions from a pantheon of leading voices in historical discourse. This collection of articles and forums by prominent historians explores the relationship of Africa to world history, maps the current state of the burgeoning field of Atlantic history, and debates the accuracy of Olaudah Equiano's seminal narrative. The standard approach of world historians often compresses the African past into interpretive frameworks that leave Africans without a history of their own. Joseph C. Miller makes the case here for an alternative approach, a multicentric world history that gives voice to the various ways Africans experienced the past, and an impressive array of Africanist and world historians respond. The volume also assesses the state of the field of Atlantic history and includes a spirited forum on Vincent Carretta's provocative thesis that Olaudah Equiano, author of the most important account available of the horrific Middle Passage, was actually born in South Carolina and not Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald A. Yerxa\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant director of the \u003ci\u003eHistorical Society\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of its bulletin, Historically Speaking. A professor of history at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts, Yerxa is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Burning of Falmouth, 1775\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAdmirals and Empire: The United States Navy and the Caribbean, 1898-1945\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSpecies of Origins: America's Search for a Creation Story.\u003c\/i\u003e His articles and interviews have appeared in a variety of publications, including the \u003ci\u003eEuropean Review, Military Affairs, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eNaval War College Review, Mariner's Mirror, Fides et Historia, Books \u0026amp; Culture, Science \u0026amp; Spirit, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHistorically Speaking.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.7 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 18, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53301264417075,"sku":"9781570037580","price":48.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/1xEMLOUAsc9781570037580.webp?v=1777508041","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/recent-themes-in-the-history-of-africa-and-the-atlantic-world-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}