Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood: The Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823 - Couverture rigide

Costa, Emilia Viotti Da

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ISBN 10 : 0195082982 ISBN 13 : 9780195082982

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1994

Synopsis

Book by da Costa Emilia Viotti

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

In Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood Emilia Viotti da Costa tells the story of the Demerara slave rebellion of 1823, and she tells it very well. Her narrative, vividly written, utilizes multiple sources to tell the story from different points of view. Her book comes out of a tradition of writing inspired both by marxist and nationalist historiographies and has none of the trappings of a postcolonial text. The older questions of historical determination, of causality and of agency meet the new agendas of cultural history in a deeply satisfying narrative. (History Workshop Journal)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A remarkable study of one of the most massive slave rebellions in the history of the Western Hemisphere. In 1823 Demerara (now Guyana), 60,000 black slaves rose up against their British masters and then were brutally put down. With gripping narrative, this book explores the conflicts within the society that gave the rebellion life, and the larger historical forces that finally put slavery to an end.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0195082982
• ISBN 13: 9780195082982
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 397