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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806806403321

Autore

Candido Mariana P (Mariana Pinho), <1975->

Titolo

An African slaving port and the Atlantic world : Benguela and its hinterland / / Mariana P. Candido [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-23476-X

1-107-32672-9

1-107-33244-3

1-107-33648-1

1-107-33316-4

0-511-99759-0

1-107-33482-9

1-299-39988-6

1-107-33565-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 366 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

African studies ; ; [124]

Classificazione

HIS001000

Disciplina

387.109673/4

Soggetti

Slave trade - Angola - Benguela - History

Benguela (Angola) History

Benguela (Angola) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contacts, competition, and copper : Benguela until 1710 -- The rise of an Atlantic port, 1710-1850 -- Benguela and the South Atlantic World -- Mechanisms of enslavement -- Political reconfiguration of the Benguela hinterland, 1600-1850.

Sommario/riassunto

This book traces the history and development of the port of Benguela, the third largest port of slave embarkation on the coast of Africa, from the early seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Benguela, located on the central coast of present-day Angola, was founded by the Portuguese in the early seventeenth century. In discussing the impact of the transatlantic slave trade on African societies, Mariana P. Candido explores the formation of new elites, the collapse of old states and the emergence of new states. Placing Benguela in an Atlantic perspective,



this study shows how events in the Caribbean and Brazil affected social and political changes on the African coast. This book emphasizes the importance of the South Atlantic as a space for the circulation of people, ideas and crops.