Author: Eugene D. Genovese
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: 1992-01-01
Total Pages: 181
ISBN-13: 080714813X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In perhaps his most provocative book Eugene Genovese examines the slave revolts of the New World and places them in the context of modern world history. By studying the conditions that favored these revolts and the history of slave guerrilla warfare throughout the western hemisphere, he connects the ideology of the revolts to that of the great revolutionary movements of the late eighteenth century. Genovese argues compellingly that the slave revolts of the New World shaped the democratic character of contemporary European struggles just as forcefully as European struggles influenced New World rebellion. The revolts, however, had a different purpose before as well as after the era of the French Revolution. Before, their goals were restoration of African-type village communities and local autonomy; after, they merged with larger national and international revolutionary movements and had profound effect on the shaping of modern world politics. Toussaint L'Ouverture's brilliant leadership of the successful slave revolt in Saint-Dominique constitutes, for Genovese, a turning point in the history of slave revolts, and, indeed, in the history of the human spirit. By claiming for his enslaved brothers and sisters the same right to human dignity that the French bourgeoisie claimed for itself, Toussiant began the process by which slave uprisings changed from secessionist rebellions to revolutionary demands for liberty, equality, and justice. Those who have taken issue with Genovesse before will find little in From Rebellion to Revolution to change their minds. The book is sure to be widely read, hotly debated, and a major influence on the way future historians view slavery.
Author: William Gervase Clarence-Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-09-02
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 1134607784
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Focusing on the period from the Seven Years War to the First World War Clarence-Smith discusses how cocoa production helped transform some economies but ultimately failed to act as a dynamo for large scale development.
Author: Hilary Beckles
Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 612
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Covers major events in the Caribbean struggle for freedom from emancipation to the present - from Toussaint's Haiti to the more recent revolutions in Cuba, Grenada and the Dominican Republic. The range of coverage is comprehensive calling attention to the variety of post-slavery experiences in the Spanish, Dutch, English and French Caribbean.
Author: Rawle Farley
Publisher: New York : Harper & Row
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For undergraduate and graduate students of Latin American economics and political science.
Author: Ron Ramdin
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2000-04
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780814775486
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Arising from Bondage is an epic story of the struggle of the Indo-Caribbean people. From the 1830's through World War I hundreds of thousands of indentured laborers were shipped from India to the Caribbean and settled in the former British, Dutch, French and Spanish colonies. Like their predecessors, the African slaves, they labored on the sugar estates. Unlike the Africans their status was ambiguous--not actually enslaved yet not entirely free--they fought mightily to achieve power in their new home. Today in the English-speaking Caribbean alone there are one million people of Indian descent and they form the majority in Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. This study, based on official documents and archives, as well as previously unpublished material from British, Indian and Caribbean sources, fills a major gap in the history of the Caribbean, India, Britain and European colonialism. It also contributes powerfully to the history of diaspora and migration.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2015-07-07
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9264234616
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Building on the experience of OECD countries, this report sets out how the latest economic evidence and tools can enable better policy making for adaptation.
Author: Adrian Leonard
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-01-12
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 1137432721
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection of essays explores the inter-imperial connections between British, Spanish, Dutch, and French Caribbean colonies, and the 'Old World' countries which founded them. Grounded in primary archival research, the thirteen contributors focus on the ways that participants in the Atlantic World economy transcended imperial boundaries.
Author: K. Candlin
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012-06-28
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 113703081X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Southern Caribbean was the last frontier in the Atlantic world and the most contested region in the Caribbean during the Age of Revolution. As well as illuminating this little-understood region, the book seeks to complicate our understanding of the Caribbean, the role of 'free people of colour' and the nature of slavery.