Centring the periphery [[electronic resource] ] : chaos, order, and the ethnohistory of Dominica / / Patrick L. Baker
| Centring the periphery [[electronic resource] ] : chaos, order, and the ethnohistory of Dominica / / Patrick L. Baker |
| Autore | Baker Patrick L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal ; ; Buffalo, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | xx, 251 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 972.9841 |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-7735-6439-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454710203321 |
Baker Patrick L
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| Montreal ; ; Buffalo, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Centring the periphery [[electronic resource] ] : chaos, order, and the ethnohistory of Dominica / / Patrick L. Baker
| Centring the periphery [[electronic resource] ] : chaos, order, and the ethnohistory of Dominica / / Patrick L. Baker |
| Autore | Baker Patrick L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal ; ; Buffalo, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | xx, 251 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 972.9841 |
| Soggetto topico | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General |
| ISBN | 0-7735-6439-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables and Maps -- Preface -- Theoretical Questions -- Indigenous Peoples and Their Contact Experience -- European Discovery and Settlement -- Formal Colonization: British Annexation, French Conquest, and Slave Revolts -- Slavery and Emancipation -- A Dominican Peasantry -- The Rise of the Mulatto Élite -- Capitalizing a Subsistence Economy -- Democracy: Bringing Decision Making Home -- Four Hundred and Eighty-Five Years Later: Independence? -- Some Additional Facts on Dominica -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782733403321 |
Baker Patrick L
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| Montreal ; ; Buffalo, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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