Caribbean Transformations

Contact and clash, amalgamation and accommodation, resistance and change have marked the history of the Caribbean islands

List of contents

Preface, Acknowledgments, 1. Afro-Caribbeana: An Introduction, PART I. SLAVERY, FORCED LABOR AND THE PLANTATION SYSTEM, 2. Slavery and the Afro-American World, 3. Slavery and Forced Labor in Puerto Rico, 4. The History of a Puerto Rican Plantation, PART II. CARIBBEAN PEASANTRIES, 5. The Origins of Reconstituted Peasantries, 6. The Historical Sociology of Jamaican Villages, 7. The Origins of the Jamaican Market System, 8. The Contemporary Jamaican Market System, 9. Houses and Yards among Caribbean Peasantries, PART III. CARIBBEAN NATIONHOOD, 10. The Case of Haiti, 11. Caribbean Nationhood: An Anthropological Perspective, References, Index

About the author

Sidney W. Mintz

Summary

Contact and clash, amalgamation and accommodation, resistance and change have marked the history of the Caribbean islands

Product details

• Authors: Sidney W. Mintz, Arthur H. Niehoff, Arthur H. Mintz Niehoff
• Assisted by: Sidney W Mintz (Editor), Sidney W. Mintz (Editor), Arthur H Niehoff (Editor), Arthur H. Niehoff (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138520028
• ISBN: 978-1-138-52002-8
• No. of pages: 367
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)