General History of the Caribbean: The Slave Societies of the CaribbeanUNESCO Publishing, 31 déc. 1997 - 396 pages This volume (the first one published) begins with an overview of the slave trade. African slavers and the demography of the Caribbean up to 1750. Scholars go on to study the demographic and social structure of the Caribbean slave societies in the 18 and 19 centuries, their evolution and significance, the social and political control in the slave society and forms of resistance and religious beliefs, as well as Maroon communities in the circum-Caribbean. The phenomenon of pluralism and creolization is analysed. The volume closes with a study of the distintegration of the Caribbean slave systems. |
Table des matières
The slave trade African slavers and the demography of the Caribbean | 9 |
The demographic structure of the Caribbean slave societies in | 45 |
Structure performance | 105 |
The social structure of the slave societies in the Caribbean | 138 |
Maroon communities in the circumCaribbean | 169 |
Social and political control in the slave society | 194 |
Forms of resistance to slavery | 222 |
Pluralism creolization and culture | 271 |
Religious beliefs | 287 |
The disintegration of the Caribbean slave systems 17721886 | 322 |
Bibliography | 346 |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
General History of the Caribbean: The slave societies of the Caribbean Franklin W. Knight Affichage d'extraits - 1997 |
General History of the Caribbean: The slave societies of the Caribbean Franklin W. Knight Affichage d'extraits - 1997 |
General History of the Caribbean, Volume 3 P. C. Emmer,Germán Carrera Damas,B. W. Higman Affichage d'extraits - 1997 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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