Blacks, Mulattos, and the Dominican Nation

Blacks, Mulattos, and the Dominican Nation is the first English translation of the classic text Los negros, los mulatos y la nación dominicana by esteemed Dominican scholar Franklin J. Franco. Published in 1969, this book was the first systematic work on the role of Afro-descendants in Dominican society, the first society of the modern Americas where a Black-Mulatto population majority developed during the 16th century. Franco's work, a foundational text for Dominican ethnic studies, constituted a paradigm shift, breaking with the distortions of traditional histories that focused on the colonial elite to place Afro-descendants, slavery, and race relations at the center of Dominican history.

This translation includes a new introduction by Silvio Torres-Saillant (Syracuse University) which contextualizes Franco's work, explaining the milieu in which he was writing, and bringing the historiography of race, slavery, and the Dominican Republic up to the present. Making this pioneering work accessible to an English-speaking audience for the first time, this is a must-have for anyone interested in the lasting effects of African slavery on the Dominican population and Caribbean societies.

List of contents

Series Editor’s Introduction
Introduction to Franklin Franco’s Blacks, Mulattos, and the Dominican Nation Silvio Torres-Saillant
Prologue Juan I. Jiménez Grullón
1. The Black Population
2. The Black Population and the National Consciousness
3. The Constitution of 1801
4. The Other Face of the Reconquest
5. "Foolish Spain" and "Rebellious Africa"
6. Complete Unity and National Unity
Bibliography

About the author

Franco, Franklin

Product details

• Authors: Franklin Franco, Franklin J Franco, Franklin J. Franco
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.05.2015
• EAN: 9781138785007
• ISBN: 978-1-138-78500-7
• No. of pages: 122
• Series: Classic Knowledge in Dominican Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Popular Culture, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), HISTORY / Latin America / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Caribbean islands, Regional Studies, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, History of the Americas, Black & Asian Studies, Hispanic & Latino Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General