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Caribbean Freedom
Hilary Beckles
Verene Shepherd
其他書名
Economy and Society from Emancipation to the Present : a Student Reader
出版
M. Wiener Publishers
, 1996
主題
Business & Economics / Economic Conditions
History / General
History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
History / Caribbean & West Indies / General
Political Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Slavery
ISBN
9768100176
9789768100177
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=F-i7AAAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
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.