| "hide Me, O Surrounding Verdure": Identity and Resistance in the Dutch Guianas, 1763-1823 Contributor(s): Jamison, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1947602179 ISBN-13: 9781947602175 Publisher: University of Cincinnati Press OUR PRICE: $60.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Revolutionary - History | African American |
| Physical Information: 256 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Hide Me, O Surrounding Verdure" describes the many ways that African peoples enslaved by the Dutch colonial regime in Suriname and Guyana struggled for personal autonomy and social mobility. By manipulating identity categories and utilizing grassroots communication networks, Dutch slaves resisted colonial oppression; sometimes by rejecting forms of Western cultural imperialism, and often by outright escaping its confines to construct autonomous spaces in the refuge of the natural world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jamison, David: - David Jamison is a visiting assistant professor at Miami University. |