Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801854962 ISBN 13 : 9780801854965

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Now in its twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Maroon Societies is a systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. The volume includes eyewitness accounts written by escaped slaves and their pursuers, as well as modern historical and anthropological studies of the maroon experience.

Now in its twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Maroon Societies is a systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. These societies ranged from small bands that survived less than a year to powerful states encompassing thousands of members and surviving for generations and even centuries. The volume includes eyewitness accounts written by escaped slaves and their pursuers, as well as modern historical and anthropological studies of the maroon experience. From the recipient of the J. I. Staley Prize in Anthropology

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Richard Price is the author of twelve books, including an earlier work on the Saramaka people, the award-winning First Time: The Historical Vision of an Afro-American People. He is coeditor, with Sally Price, of John Gabriel Steadman's Narrative of a Five Year Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam. He has taught at Stanford, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Minnesota, and the University of Paris.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801854962
• ISBN 13: 9780801854965
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 480
• Éditeur: Price Richard
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: GPSR Kontakt; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Allemagne