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
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxxxi, 393 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Black people--Land tenure. --Jamaica. --Trelawny, Parish of. --History.
Peasants--Jamaica. --Trelawny, Parish of. --History.
Martha Brae (Jamaica)--History.
Trelawny (Jamaica)--History.

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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 347-376) and index.
LCCN 2002006111
ISBN0807827347 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807854093 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks F1895.M37 B48 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold