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Author Mintz, Sidney W. (Sidney Wilfred), 1922-2015

Title Caribbean transformations / Sidney W. Mintz.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, 1989.
1974.

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.567 M667C    Check Shelf
Edition Morningside edition.
Description xxviii, 355 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Afro-Caribbeana : an introduction -- Part I : Slavery, forced labor and the plantation system -- Slavery and the Afro-American world -- Slavery and forced labor in Puerto Rico -- The history of a Puerto Rican plantation -- Part II : Caribbean peasantries -- The origins of reconstituted peasantries -- The historical sociology of Jamaican villages -- The origins of the Jamaican market system -- The contemporary Jamaican market system -- Houses and yards among Caribbean peasantries -- Part III : Caribbean nationhood -- The case of Haiti -- Caribbean nationhood : an anthropological perspective.
Note Originally published: Chicago : Aldine Pub. Co., 1974.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-342).
Subject Social classes -- Caribbean Area -- Cross-cultural studies.
Slavery -- Caribbean Area -- Cross-cultural studies.
Peasants -- Caribbean Area -- Cross-cultural studies.
Social classes -- Haiti.
Social classes -- Jamaica.
Social classes -- Puerto Rico.
Caribbean Area -- Race relations -- Cross-cultural studies.
ISBN 0231077140 (alk. paper) : $45.00
0231077159 (pbk.) : $16.50
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