Degler, Carl N. 1921-2014

Neither Black nor white : slavery and race relations in Brazil and the United States / Carl N. Degler. - Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1986. - xxi, 302 pages ; 21 cm.

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1971.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The challenge of the contrast
Slavery compared
The outer burdens of color
The inner burdens of color
The roots of difference
A contrast in the future?

A comparative study of slavery in Brazil and the United States, first published in 1971, looking at the demographic, economic, and cultural factors that allowed black people in Brazil to gain economically and retain their African culture, while the U.S. pursued a course of racial segregation

0299109143 (pbk.) 9780299109141 (pbk.)

86004078


Black people--History.--Brazil
Negros--Historia--Brasil
Slavery--History.--Brazil
Esclavitud --Historia--Brasil
African Americans--Social conditions.
Afroamericanos --Condiciones sociales
Slavery--History.--United States
Esclavitud --Historia--Estados Unidos


Brazil--Race relations.
Brasil --Relaciones raciales
United States--Race relations.
Estados Unidos--Relaciones raciales

103 F 2659 / D318n 1986

305.8/96081