Democracy After Slavery: Black Publics and Peasant Radicalism in Haiti and Jamaica

by Mimi Sheller

Book Overview

"An important work of Caribbean scholarship. . . . Clearly written and making skillful use of varied sources, this study shows that the struggles of former slaves and their descendants to achieve a real freedom, though ruthlessly crushed in the 19th century, are central to the continuing process of emancipation and democratization in the 'Western' world."-- O. Nigel Bolland, Colgate University

Mimi Sheller's ground-breaking comparative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813030617
• ISBN13: 9780813030616
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"