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Trajectories of Freedom
. Ed(S): Cobley, Alan; Simpson, Victor C.
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Paperback. Selected papers presented at a conference held May 2007, hosted by the Faculty of Humanities and Education of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill. Editor(s): Cobley, Alan; Simpson, Victor C. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJQ; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
This work is a collection of selected papers presented at the conference “Trajectories of Freedom: Caribbean Societies, 1807–2007”, a theme inspired by the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in the British Empire. The papers interrogate and problematise shifting notions and expressions of “freedom” as they have evolved in Caribbean societies over the past two hundred years and as they have been applied in the context of the contemporary Caribbean.
Together, these essays illustrate the historical and continuing efforts in the various spheres of human endeavour in the Caribbean, including culture, education, language, social ... Read more
This work is a collection of selected papers presented at the conference “Trajectories of Freedom: Caribbean Societies, 1807–2007”, a theme inspired by the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in the British Empire. The papers interrogate and problematise shifting notions and expressions of “freedom” as they have evolved in Caribbean societies over the past two hundred years and as they have been applied in the context of the contemporary Caribbean.
Together, these essays illustrate the historical and continuing efforts in the various spheres of human endeavour in the Caribbean, including culture, education, language, social ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Kingston, Jamaica
ISBN
9789766404116
SKU
V9789766404116
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About . Ed(S): Cobley, Alan; Simpson, Victor C.
Alan Cobley is Professor of South African and Comparative History and Pro Vice Chancellor and Chair of the Board for Undergraduate Studies, at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados. His publications include The Caribbean AIDS Epidemic (co-edited with Glenford Howe); Stronger, Surer, Bolder. Ruth Nita Barrow: Social Change and International Development and Enjoying Power: Eugenia Charles and ... Read more
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