| Beyond Slavery: Explorations of Race, Labor, and Citizenship in Postemancipation Societies Contributor(s): Cooper, Frederick (Author), Holt, Thomas Cleveland (Author), Scott, Rebecca J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807848549 ISBN-13: 9780807848548 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $35.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2000 Annotation: A historical exploration of the societal changes and difficulties brought about immediately following the end of slavery both in the Americas and Africa. The authors address issues of citizenship, labor, and race, and point the way toward a fuller understanding of the contested meaning of freedom. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - Social Science | Slavery - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General |
| Dewey: 326.809 |
| LCCN: 99053083 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.74 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this collaborative work, three leading historians explore one of the most significant areas of inquiry in modern historiography--the transition from slavery to freedom and what this transition meant for former slaves, former slaveowners, and the societies in which they lived. Their contributions take us beyond the familiar portrait of emancipation as the end of an evil system to consider the questions and the struggles that emerged in freedom's wake. Thomas Holt focuses on emancipation in Jamaica and the contested meaning of citizenship in defining and redefining the concept of freedom; Rebecca Scott investigates the complex struggles and cross-racial alliances that evolved in southern Louisiana and Cuba after the end of slavery; and Frederick Cooper examines the intersection of emancipation and imperialism in French West Africa. In their introduction, the authors address issues of citizenship, labor, and race, in the post-emancipation period and they point the way toward a fuller understanding of the meanings of freedom. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cooper, Frederick: - Frederick Cooper is Charles Gibson Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan.Scott, Rebecca J.: - Rebecca J. Scott is Frederick Huetwell Professor of History at the University of Michigan.Holt, Thomas C.: - Thomas C. Holt is the James Westfall Thompson Professor of American and African American History at the University of Chicago.Holt, Thomas Cleveland: - Thomas C. Holt is the James Westfall Thompson Professor of American and African American History at the University of Chicago.Scott, Rebecca J.: - Rebecca J. Scott is Frederick Huetwell Professor of History at the University of Michigan. |