| Caribbean Freedom: Economy and Society from Emancipation to the Present Contributor(s): Beckles, Hilary (Compiled by), Shepherd, Verene (Compiled by) |
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ISBN: 9768100176 ISBN-13: 9789768100177 Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General - Social Science | Slavery |
| Dewey: 301.097 |
| LCCN: 95052867 |
| Physical Information: 1.21" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (2.06 lbs) 596 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |