University of the West Indies Press
Slavery, Freedom and Gender: The Dynamics of Caribbean Society
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Ian Randle Publishers
Caribbean Freedom: Economy and Society from Emancipation to the Present
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9789768100177
ISBN13:
9789768100177
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$48.21
Caribbean Freedom: Economy and Society from Emancipation to the Present
$48.21
This reader of nearly 60 articles covers major events in the Caribbean struggle for freedom from emancipation to the present - from Toussaint's Haiti to the more recent revolutions in Cuba, Grenada and the Dominican Republic. The range of coverage is comprehensive calling attention to the variety of post-slavery experiences in the Spanish, Dutch, English and French Caribbean. Three broad themes are identified: - the slow disintegration of the slave system which was not completed until 1886; - the attempts by resistant social groups and imperial agencies to accept and adjust to freedom; and - the maturing of nationalist consciousness in terms of constitutional and cultural independence. Among the areas covered under these themes are popular revolts and aborted revolutions; the sugar industry and economic diversification; peasants and planters; immigration from Europe, India and China; the role of women; labour movements; independence and nationhood.
| Author: Hilary Beckles |
| Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers |
| Publication Date: 33970 |
| Number of Pages: 596 pages |
| Binding: Social Science |
| ISBN-10: 9768100176 |
| ISBN-13: 9789768100177 |
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