Working slavery, pricing freedom : perspectives from the Caribbean, Africa and the African diaspora
Shepherd (history, U. of the West Indies, Mona campus, Jamaica), seeking to highlight the research activity of scholars who have brought the study of slavery and post-slavery societies into global, cross-cultural focus, presents 23 papers exploring the enslavement of Africans and its legacy in the Caribbean. The papers range temporally from the beginnings of the slave trade to the role of race in Jamaican politics in 1940. Much of the material focuses on the economics of slavery, but a significant number of contributions explore issues of gender, ethnicity, and other political realities. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
History
xxii, 538 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
9780312293628, 9780312293635, 0312293623, 0312293631
47002262