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Title:Liberia and the Atlantic World in the nineteenth century: convergence and effects
Author:Allen, William E.
Year:2010
Periodical:History in Africa (ISSN 1558-2744)
Volume:37
Pages:7-49
Language:English
Geographic terms:Liberia
world
Subjects:historiography
social history
acculturation
migrants
1800-1899
External link:http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/history_in_africa/v037/37.1.allen.pdf
Abstract:Atlantic civilization has evolved as a distinct subfield of historical inquiry. Its analyical tool, Atlantic history, employs a multi-disciplinary approach to reconstruct the social history of the multicultural and multiethnic populations that inhabited the region. The analytical model of convergence employed by Atlantic historians can clarify and expand interpretations in Liberian historiography. Liberia was part of the multicultural, 19-century Atlantic community. Extensive intermingling in the region resulted in the development of some shared values. Liberia's social history was influenced by these interactions. Local realities also played important roles in the making of Liberian history. Interactions between settlers and indigenes likewise resulted in acculturation, a mutual exchange of culture. Bibliogr., notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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