Jamaica Reader - History, Culture, Politics

Combining more than one hundred classic and lesser-known texts, The Jamaica Reader presents a panoramic history of the country—from its pre-contact Indigenous origins to the present—to provide an unparalleled look at Jamaica's history, culture, and politics.

Table des matières

Note on Abridgment  xvii
Acknowledgments  xix
Introduction  1
I. Becoming Jamaica  7
II. From English Conquest to Slave Society  49
III. Enlightenment Slavery  109
IV. Colonial Freedom  159
V. Jamaica Arise  209
VI. Independence and After  289
VII. Jamaica in the Age of Neoliberalism  363
VIII. Jamaicans in the World  435
Suggestions for Further Reading  487
Acknowledgments of Copyrights and Sources  493
Index  503
 

A propos de l'auteur

Diana Paton is William Robertson Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh.

Matthew J. Smith is Professor of History and Director of The Centre for the Study of Legacies of British Slave-Ownership, University College London.

Résumé

Combining more than one hundred classic and lesser-known texts, The Jamaica Reader presents a panoramic history of the country—from its pre-contact Indigenous origins to the present—to provide an unparalleled look at Jamaica's history, culture, and politics.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Diana Smith Paton
• Collaboration: Diana Paton (Editeur), Matthew J Smith (Editeur), Matthew J. Smith (Editeur)
• Edition: Duke University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781478010494
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-1049-4
• Pages: 536
• Thème: The Latin America Readers
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Voyage