{"product_id":"maroon-societies-rebel-slave-communities-in-the-americas-9780801854965","title":"Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eNow in its twenty-fifth anniversary edition, \u003ci\u003eMaroon Societies\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in its twenty-fifth anniversary edition, \u003ci\u003eMaroon Societies\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eFrom the recipient of the J. I. Staley Prize in Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Price \u003c\/b\u003edivides 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 \u003ci\u003eFirst-Time\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Elsie Clews Parsons Prize of the American Folklore Society, \u003ci\u003eStedman's Surinam\u003c\/i\u003e (with Sally Price), and \u003ci\u003eAlabi's World\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461101457682,"sku":"9780801854965","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4aef8d25-48dd-4cf5-9f09-b5c19c288ccc.jpg?v=1730057048","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/maroon-societies-rebel-slave-communities-in-the-americas-9780801854965","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}