Africans and their descendants constituted the majority of the population of the Americas for most of the first three hundred years. Yet their fundamental roles in the creation and definition of the new societies of the Onew world, O and their significance in the development of the Atlantic world, have not been acknowledged. This multidisciplinary volume highlights the African presence throughout the Americas, and African and African Diasporan contributions to the material and cultural life of all of the Americas, and of all Americans. It includes articles from leading scholars, and from...
Africans and their descendants constituted the majority of the population of the Americas for most of the first three hundred years. Yet their fundame...
Since the invasion and colonization of Puerto Rico in 1898, all Puerto Ricans are both American citizens and colonial subjects by birth according to international law. Over a third of this population currently lives in the continental U.S. forming one of the nation's most significant -minority- communities. Yet no complete study of mainland Puerto Rican--or Boricua--literature has been written.
Until now. Boricua Literature is the first literary history of the Puerto Rican colonial diaspora.
The result of a decade of research in archives and special collections in the...
Since the invasion and colonization of Puerto Rico in 1898, all Puerto Ricans are both American citizens and colonial subjects by birth according t...
Since the invasion and colonization of Puerto Rico in 1898, all Puerto Ricans are both American citizens and colonial subjects by birth according to international law. Over a third of this population currently lives in the continental U.S. forming one of the nation's most significant -minority- communities. Yet no complete study of mainland Puerto Rican--or Boricua--literature has been written.
Until now. Boricua Literature is the first literary history of the Puerto Rican colonial diaspora.
The result of a decade of research in archives and special collections in the...
Since the invasion and colonization of Puerto Rico in 1898, all Puerto Ricans are both American citizens and colonial subjects by birth according t...
