Democracy After Slavery: Black Publics and Peasant Radicalism in Haiti and Jamaica |
 enlarge | Author: Mimi Sheller
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2045747
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0813030617
Dewey Decimal Number: 972
EAN: 9780813030616
ASIN: 0813030617
Publication Date: February 7, 2001
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Mimi Sheller's ground-breaking comparative study analyzes the struggle for freedom and democracy in two Caribbean societies in the aftermath of the abolition of slavery. Pairing the revolutionary Republic of Haiti with the British colony of Jamaica, the author shows how peasants in the 19th-century Caribbean developed a radical critique of elite liberalism and constructed an alternative Pan-Caribbean African identity. Comparing two major peasant rebellions and the relation between them, she describes how Haitian and Jamaican survivors of slavery contributed to the making of democracy in the West.
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Groundbreaking insight into the post-emancipation period January 4, 2002
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This well written book makes accessible a fascinating period of history -- the fate of slaves in the Caribbean after emanicipation and the further hurdles that were put in place to prevent full participatory democracy. Anyone who has doubts as to the real causes of prolonged instability in the region (Western meddling) will probably find this book enlightening and compelling.
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