Providing a succinct yet comprehensive introduction to the history of the Atlantic world in its entirety; The Atlantic Experience traces the first Portuguese journeys to the West coast of Africa in the mid-fifteenth century through to the abolition of slavery in America in the late-nineteenth century. Bringing together the histories of Europe; Africa and the Americas; this book supersedes a history of nations; foregrounds previously neglected parts of these continents; and explores the region as a holistic entity that encompassed people from many different areas; ethnic groups and national backgrounds. Distilling this huge topic into key themes such as conquest; trade; race and migration; Catherine Armstrong and Laura Chmielewski's chronological survey illuminates the crucial aspects of this cutting edge field.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A must read if you are interested in the civil ...By Raymond MillerA must read if you are interested in the civil rights movement and how African American veterans helped to change American.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. SuperficialBy ExpatA disappointing book. The authors' did quite superficial research in US Army records and at a fundamental level do not understand military organizations. Moreover; they are profoundly anti-Army; giving neither officers nor troops any credit for what was a momentous social transformation. In their view; African-Americans always thought of themselves as African-Americans; never as soldiers. As a result; they have very little appreciation for what the US Army (black and white) was actually doing in Germany during the Cold War They make a number of unsubstantiated claims (such as the US Army officer corps was predominantly Southern) and ignore inconvenient truths (such as that many of the main Army implementers of integration were Southerners---like Chief of Staff J. Lawton Collins). Most seriously; having claimed (without much evidence) that the main cause of integration was the African-American press; they skip over the decade that witnessed the implementation of integration in Europe. The chapter organization essentially goes from the decision to integrate to Dr. Martin Luther King's visit to Germany. It is sad that such an important topic should have been treated in such a superficial and uncritical manner.
