The Meaning Of Freedom: Economics, Politics, and Culture after Slavery

Book Overview

In this interdisciplinary study, scholars consider the aftermath of slavery, focusing on Caribbean societies and the southern United States. What was the nature and impact of slave emancipation? Did the change in legal status conceal underlying continuities in American plantation societies? Was there a common postemancipation pattern of economic development? How did emancipation affect the politics and culture of race and class? This comparative study...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822954796
• ISBN13: 9780822954798
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"