| Book Review | Journal of World History, 17.4

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Book Review

Africa and the Americas: Interconnections during the Slave Trade. Edited by JOSÉ C. CURTO and RENÉE SOULODRE-LA FRANCE. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2005. 338 pp. $99.95 (cloth); $29.95 (paper).

The "discovery" and subsequent conquest of America was a multifaceted and complex process; untangling its intricacies and ramifications is the goal of an exciting field of history known as Atlantic history. The implicit assumption underlying this scholarship is that the conquest of America was not only a European invasion, but an African one as well. The African slaves the colonizing powers brought with them to the New World transformed the American and African societies in several ways. These transformations are proof that the Atlantic world is not just a mere abstraction invented by scholars but rather a tangible construct that allows us to explore the political, economic, social, and cultural impact of colonization and slavery. The volume under review marks an important contribution to the growing literature as it places the slave trade (ca. 1600–1850) at the center of analysis. The focus on the slave trade places emphasis on "a series oftransatlantic cultural, demographic, and social exchanges that shaped" both Africa and the Americas (p. 3). Thus, the Atlantic world involved a set of exchanges that flowed from Africa to the Americas and vice versa.

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