LEADER 03238nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910782733403321 005 20231206211110.0 010 $a0-7735-6439-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773564398 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713381 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277746 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11240462 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277746 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10240770 035 $a(PQKB)11193583 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3331032 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141703 035 $a(OCoLC)929121329 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/g26rfh 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400465 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3331032 035 $a(DE-B1597)657934 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773564398 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3245315 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713381 100 $a19930729d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCentring the periphery$b[electronic resource] $echaos, order, and the ethnohistory of Dominica /$fPatrick L. Baker 210 $aMontreal ;$aBuffalo $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$d1994 215 $axx, 251 p. $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-1134-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-240) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tTables and Maps -- $tPreface -- $tTheoretical Questions -- $tIndigenous Peoples and Their Contact Experience -- $tEuropean Discovery and Settlement -- $tFormal Colonization: British Annexation, French Conquest, and Slave Revolts -- $tSlavery and Emancipation -- $tA Dominican Peasantry -- $tThe Rise of the Mulatto Élite -- $tCapitalizing a Subsistence Economy -- $tDemocracy: Bringing Decision Making Home -- $tFour Hundred and Eighty-Five Years Later: Independence? -- $tSome Additional Facts on Dominica -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThe concept of "centring" is used to mean "ordering the world," and Baker links this to ideas in chaos theory, which views order and disorder as mutually generative phenomena rather than static antinomies. Thus strategies to control disorder and create and maintain order may suddenly precipitate change. Baker's application of these theories to an island nation that has received little detailed attention in the past makes this a highly original work, as does his holistic, post-modern perspective. In addition to presenting a sensitive historical analysis, he confronts the dilemma of meaning in peripheral situations and the experience of dependency in the world system. Centring the Periphery is germane to understanding the majority of the world's people and makes a significant contribution to the study of society in developing nations. 606 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General$2bisacsh 607 $aDominica$xHistory 615 7$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General. 676 $a972.9841 700 $aBaker$b Patrick L$01468928 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782733403321 996 $aCentring the periphery$93680301 997 $aUNINA