{"product_id":"biography-and-the-black-atlantic-hardback-9780812245462","title":"Biography and the Black Atlantic (Hardback) 9780812245462","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBiography and the Black Atlantic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLisa A. Lindsay (Edited by), John Wood Sweet (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812245462\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 October 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Scholars and students of the Black Atlantic, as well as those interested in biography, will be richly rewarded by reading this volume. The essays are uniformly excellent; the introduction and conclusions are superb.\" (\u003ci\u003eAfrican Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e) \"A splendid collection from luminaries in the field of Atlantic history, \u003ci\u003eBiography and the Black Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e charts a coherent path toward a collective biographical project that will thoroughly recast our understanding of the modern Atlantic world.\" (James Sweet, University of Wisconsin, Madison) \"A fascinating and timely collection, written by some of the most important and outstanding scholars in Atlantic studies, which shows that the history of the Black Atlantic goes beyond the slave trade. \u003ci\u003eBiography and the Black Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e allows us to reimagine how individuals negotiated this complex and evolving social, economic, and political space.\" (Randy J. Sparks, Tulane University)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBiography and the Black Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, leading historians in the field of Atlantic studies examine the biographies and autobiographies of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century African-descended people and reflect on the opportunities and limitations these life stories present to studies of slavery and the African diaspora. The essays remind us that historical developments like slavery and empire-building were mostly experienced and shaped by men and women outside of the elite political, economic, and military groups to which historians often turn as sources.\u003cbr\u003e Despite the scarcity of written records and other methodological challenges, the contributors to \u003ci\u003eBiography and the Black Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e have pieced together vivid glimpses into lives of remarkable, through previously unknown, enslaved and formerly enslaved people who moved, struggled, and endured in different parts of Africa, the Americas, and Europe. From the woman of Fulani origin who made her way from Revolutionary Haiti to Louisiana to the free black American who sailed for Liberia and the former slave from Brazil who became a major slave trader in Angola, these stories render the Atlantic world as a densely and sometimes unpredictably interconnected sphere. \u003ci\u003eBiography and the Black Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the power of individual stories to illuminate history: though the life histories recounted here often involved extraordinary achievement and survival against the odds, they also portray the struggle for self-determination and community in the midst of alienation that lies at the heart of the modern condition.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eContributors:\u003c\/b\u003e James T. Campbell, Vincent Carretta, Roquinaldo Ferreira, Jean-Michel HÉbrard, Martin Klein, Lloyd S. Kramer, Sheryl Kroen, Jane Landers, Lisa A. Lindsay, Joseph C. Miller, Cassandra Pybus, JoÃo JosÉ Reis, Rebecca J. Scott, Jon Sensbach, John Wood Sweet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Biography and the Black Atlantic\u003cbr\u003e PART I. PARAMETERS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. A Historical Appreciation of the Biographical Turn\u003cbr\u003e -Joseph C. Miller\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Understanding the Slave Experience in West Africa\u003cbr\u003e -Martin Klein\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Robinson Charley: The Ideological Underpinnings of Atlantic History\u003cbr\u003e -Sheryl Kroen\u003cbr\u003e PART II. MOBILITY\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Black Pearls: Writing Black Atlantic Women's Biography\u003cbr\u003e -Jon Sensbach\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Recovered Lives as a Window into the Enslaved Family\u003cbr\u003e -Cassandra Pybus\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. From Slave to Wealthy African Freedman: The Story of Manoel Joaquim Ricardo\u003cbr\u003e -JoÃo JosÉ Reis\u003cbr\u003e PART III. SELF-FASHIONING\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. David Dorr's Journey Toward Selfhood in Europe\u003cbr\u003e - Lloyd Kramer\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Methodology in the Making and Reception of Equiano\u003cbr\u003e -Vincent Carretta\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Remembering His Country Marks: A Nigerian American Family and Its \"African\" Ancestor\u003cbr\u003e -Lisa Lindsay\u003cbr\u003e PART IV. POLITICS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. The Atlantic Transformations of Francisco MenÉndez\u003cbr\u003e -Jane Landers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. Echoes of the Atlantic: Benguela (Angola) and Brazilian Independence\u003cbr\u003e -Roquinaldo Ferreira\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. Rosalie of the Poulard Nation: Freedom, Law, and Dignity in the Era of the Haitian Revolution\u003cbr\u003e -Rebecca Scott and Jean-Michel HÉbrard\u003cbr\u003e Afterword\u003cbr\u003e -James Campbell\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555717804312,"sku":"9780812245462","price":43.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/biography-and-the-black-atlantic-hardback-9780812245462","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}