An analysis of the role of the study of the African Diaspora within the field of Atlantic history

Abstract

This article is a quantitative study of the percentage of recent Atlantic World scholarship that focuses on the African Diaspora. This is accomplished by analyzing monograph, article, and PhD dissertation production in the fields of Atlantic and African Diaspora history. The article begins with an overview of the origins of Atlantic History and African Diaspora History and concludes with some thoughts on what the data reveal for both fields.