The black diaspora / by Ronald Segal

Primera parte: From Africa to slavery. -- People. -- Pieces of people. -- Merchants. -- and markets. -- To the burning iron. -- The crossing. -- The wealth of the indies. -- Alienable rights. -- The making of Brazil. -- The last frontier. -- Segunda parte: The insurgent spirit. -- Defiance in Spanish America. -- Guerilla warfare in Guiana. -- Revolution in one country. -- Unquiet islands. - -Against peculiar odds. -- Dispersed resistance. -- Tercera parte: Chains of emancipation. -- Paradoxical Barbados. -- The palm trees of Jamaica. -- Racial politics in Guyana. -- The hemorrhaeg of Haiti. -- The roads of Cuba. -- America's deep river. - -Blacks in Britain. -- Cuarta parte: Travels in the historics present. -- The bajan cage. - -Traumatized Guyana. -- The mask of Trinidad. -- The Jamaican beat. -- The dilemma of identity in Martinique and Guadeloupe. -- A haitian space. -- Brazil and the color of invisibility. -- The wastedland of the american promise. -- A seat on the canadian train. -- Quinta parte: Slections from an anatomy of achievment. -- An ear for music. -- The innocent eye. -- Voices. - -The outstretched arm. -- The soul of the diaspora.

Geografía e historia