Martha Brae's two histories : European expansion and Caribbean culture-building in Jamaica / Jean Besson ; foreword by Sidney W. Mintz.
| Author/creator |
Besson, Jean, 1944- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002. |
| Description | xxxi, 393 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Portion of title | Two histories |
| Contents | Caribbean controversies and anthropological theory -- Martha Brae's Euro-Caribbean history -- The origins of Martha Brae's Afro-Caribbean history -- The free village of Martha Brae -- Martha Brae's free-village oral tradition -- Elaborations of the peasant economy -- The Baptist church, revival ideology, and Rastafarian movement -- Households, marriage, kinship, and descent. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-376) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002006111 |
| ISBN | 0807827347 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807854093 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | F1895.M37 B48 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |