Black Odyssey
The Seafaring Traditions of Afro-Americans
1991
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Livre de James Barker Farr · 1991
Genres : Essai, Culture & sociétéBlack Americans mentioned in traditional histories of the United States are usually marginal characters, shuffling along the periphery of momentous change. However, recent scholarship has demonstrated otherwise. Now Black Odyssey documents Afro-American involvement in all the nation's great maritime traditions. In peace and war, from colonial times to the present, black men readily turned to the sea when life ashore proved uncertain or hostile, taking jobs that did not arouse the envy of... Voir plus
