| Description |
xix, 514 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
New World diasporas |
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New World diasporas series.
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| Contents |
A Note on the Maroon Texts: Orthography and Other Matters xvii -- 1 Living Maroon Knowledge 3 -- 2 Imagining Jamaica's Maroons 24 -- 3 Leaving and Recalling Africa 69 -- 4 Captivity and Marronage 88 -- 5 Living by One's Wits 129 -- 6 Prominent Presences: Memorable Persons, Places, and Deeds 181 -- Tellers: Some of Those Whose Words Appear in This Book 233 -- 7 The Chosen People 247 -- 8 Underwritten with Blood 261 -- 9 Maroons and the "Other Side of People" 289 -- 10 Ever Indomitable 341 -- 11 Never to Forget: Secrecy, Trust, and Betrayal 368 -- 12 Coda: The Right to Persist 411 -- Epilogue: Ethnographic Presents and Future Pasts 417. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [485]-499) and index. |
| Subject |
Maroons -- Jamaica -- Ethnic identity.
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Maroons -- Jamaica -- History.
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Maroons -- Jamaica -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Jamaica -- History -- Maroon War, 1795-1796.
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Jamaica -- Ethnic relations.
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| ISBN |
0813028736 alkaline paper |
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9780813028736 alkaline paper |
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