Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas / Edition 3

by Richard Price

Overview

Now in its twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Maroon Societies is a systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. The volume includes eyewitness accounts written by escaped slaves and their pursuers, as well as modern historical and anthropological studies of the maroon experience.

Now in its twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Maroon Societies is a systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. These societies ranged from small bands that survived less than a year to powerful states encompassing thousands of members and surviving for generations and even centuries. The volume includes eyewitness accounts written by escaped slaves and their pursuers, as well as modern historical and anthropological studies of the maroon experience. From the recipient of the J. I. Staley Prize in Anthropology

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801854965
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	09/12/1996
Edition description:	third edition
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Richard Price divides his time between rural Martinique and the College of William and Mary, where he is Dittman Professor of American Studies and Professor of Anthropology and History. His many books include First-Time, winner of the Elsie Clews Parsons Prize of the American Folklore Society, Stedman's Surinam (with Sally Price), and Alabi's World, recipient of the American Historical Association's Albert J. Beveridge Award and the Gordon K. Lewis Memorial Award for Caribbean Scholarshipall three available as Johns Hopkins paperbacks.

Hometown:

New York, New York

Date of Birth:

October 12, 1949

Place of Birth:

Bronx, New York

Education:

B.A., Cornell University, 1971; M.F.A., Columbia University

What People are Saying About This

A splendid anthology, skillfully edited and introduced... an excellent book.

From the Publisher

A splendid anthology, skillfully edited and introduced . . . an excellent book.
—Eugene D. Genovese

Eugene D. Genovese

A splendid anthology, skillfully edited and introduced... an excellent book.

Editorial Reviews

Price breaks new ground in the study of slave resistance in his 'hemispheric' view of Maroon societies.
--Journal of Ethnic Studies

This book should be widely used in courses dealing with AfroAmerican problems. It can be added to the growing literature on slave revolts as a corrective to the commonly accepted view of slave submissiveness and apathy.
--Manchester Guardian

From the Publisher

Price breaks new ground in the study of slave resistance in his 'hemispheric' view of Maroon societies.

Journal of Ethnic Studies

This book should be widely used in courses dealing with AfroAmerican problems. It can be added to the growing literature on slave revolts as a corrective to the commonly accepted view of slave submissiveness and apathy.

Manchester Guardian