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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Caribbean Freedom: Economy and Society from Emancipation to the Present

Caribbean Freedom: Economy and Society from Emancipation to the Present

Beckles, Hilary
Shepherd, Verene

Paperback

Caribbean HistoryGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 9768100176
ISBN13: 9789768100177
Publisher: Ian Randle Publ
Published: Jan 1 1993
Pages: 596
Weight: 2.06
Height: 1.21 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
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.

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