num_pages: 352
description: Jack D. Forbes's monumental Africans and Native Americans has become a canonical text in the study of relations between the two groups. Forbes explores key issues relating to the evolution of racial terminology and European colonialists' perceptions of color, analyzing the development of color classification systems and the specific evolution of key terms such as black, mulatto, and mestizo--terms that no longer carry their original meanings. Forbes also presents strong evidence that Native American and African contacts began in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.
language: English
title: Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples
titlecomplete: Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples
genres: Africa, Nonfiction, History, Race, African American
ratings_count: 66
publisher: University of Illinois Press