Archaeology Below the Cliff: Race, Class, and Redlegs in Barbadian Sugar Society

The first archaeological study of the poor whites of Barbados, the descendants of seventeenth-century European indentured servants and small farmers. Using archaeological, historical, and oral sources, Matthew Reilly shows how the precarious existence of the Barbadian Redlegs challenged elite hypercapitalistic notions of economics, race, and class.

About the author

Matthew C. Reilly is assistant professor of anthropology at the City College of New York.

Summary

The first archaeological study of the poor whites of Barbados, the descendants of seventeenth-century European indentured servants and small farmers. Using archaeological, historical, and oral sources, Matthew Reilly shows how the precarious existence of the Barbadian Redlegs challenged elite hypercapitalistic notions of economics, race, and class.

Product details

• Authors: Reilly, Matthew C. Reilly
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Univ of Alabama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780817320287
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-2028-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 231 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 2200 g
• Series: Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethn; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research