The Birth of African-American Culture: An Anthropological Perspective

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This compelling look at the wellsprings of cultural vitality during one of the most dehumanizing experiences in history provides a fresh perspective on the African-American past.

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A classic. The most cogent and detailed attempt to think through what acculturation of Africans in the Americas was like. --Albert J. Raboteau

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Sidney W. Mintzis professor emeritus, department of anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. He has done extensive field research in Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Haiti, as well as in Iran. He launched a research program in Hong Kong to study the consumption and production of soybean and examine soy products in the United States. Richard Pricedivides his time between rural Martinique and the College of William and Mary in Virginia, where he is Dittman Professor of American Studies, anthropology, and history. His many prize-winning books includeFirst TimeandAlabi's World. The most recent, written with Sally Price, isMaroon Arts- Cultural Vitality in the African Diaspora.