Andrew Sluyter: 2 books
Black Ranching Frontiers
African Cattle Herders of the Atlantic World, 1500-1900
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
In this groundbreaking book Andrew Sluyter demonstrates for the first time that Africans played significant creative roles in establishing open-range cattle ranching in the Americas. In so doing, he provides a new way of looking at and studying the history of land, labor, property, and commerce in...
Hispanic and Latino New Orleans
Immigration and Identity since the Eighteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Often overlooked in historic studies of New Orleans, the city’s Hispanic and Latino populations have contributed significantly to its development. Hispanic and Latino New Orleans offers the first scholarly study of these communities in the Crescent City. This trailblazing volume not only explores...