Degrees of Freedom - Louisiana and Cuba After Slavery

Informationen zum Autor Rebecca J. Scott is Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Law at the University of Michigan. Klappentext As Louisiana and Cuba emerged from slavery in the late nineteenth century! each faced the question of what rights former slaves could claim. This title compares and contrasts these two societies in which slavery was destroyed by war! and citizenship was redefined through social and political upheaval. Zusammenfassung As Louisiana and Cuba emerged from slavery in the late nineteenth century! each faced the question of what rights former slaves could claim. Degrees of Freedom compares and contrasts these two societies in which slavery was destroyed by war! and citizenship was redefined through social and political upheaval. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Two Worlds of Cane! 1803-1860 2. Building Citizenship: Louisiana! 1862-1873 3. Crisis and Voice: Southern Louisiana! 1874-1896 4. Finding the Spaces of Freedom: Central Cuba! 1868-1895 5. A Wartime Cross-Racial Alliance: Cuba! 1895-1898 6. Democracy and Antidemocracy: The Claims of Citizens! 1898-1900 7. The Right to Have Rights! 1901-1905 8. The Search for Property and Standing: Cuba! 1906-1914 9. Diverging Paths and Degrees of Freedom Appendix: Tables Abbreviations Notes Select Bibliography of Primary Sources Illustration and Map Credits Acknowledgments Index

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca J. Scott
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2008
• EAN: 9780674027596
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02759-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 222 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous