The Gift: How Objects of Prestige Shaped the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism (Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora)
In The Gift, Ana Lucia Araujo examines how objects of prestige shaped the Atlantic slave trade and colonialism. Focusing on the historical significance of material exchange, this study considers the relationships between objects, power, and colonial systems within the broader history of the Atlantic world and African diaspora.
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The Gift examines how objects of prestige shaped the Atlantic slave trade and colonialism.
Ana Lucia Araujo explores the historical significance of gifts, valuables, and other objects within these interconnected systems.
The book places material culture at the center of an examination of power, exchange, and colonial relationships.
Part of the Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora series, this work offers a focused contribution to the history of the Atlantic world and the African diaspora.
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