{"product_id":"slavery-freedom-and-gender-the-dynamics-of-caribbean-society-9789766401375","title":"Slavery, Freedom and Gender: The Dynamics of Caribbean Society","description":"This book is a collection of essays by several distinguished scholars which began as a series of lectures sponsored by the Department of History at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, to honour internationally recognized Caribbean historian Elsa Goveia. The collection consists of 13 lectures delivered between 1987 to 1998. The book is divided into two broad sections: In Slavery and Freedom, which features critical research on slavery and post-emancipation society, and Gender Paradigms. It will be particularly engaging to readers interested in Caribbean history, social history and gender studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHigman, B. W.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eB.W. Higman\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of History, University of the West Indies, and Emeritus Professor of History, Australian National University. He is the author of eleven books on Caribbean history, archaeology and geography, including the award-winning publications \u003ci\u003eSlave Population and Economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSlave Populations of the British Caribbean, 1807-1834; Jamaica Surveyed: Plantation Maps and Plans of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMontpelier, Jamaica: A Plantation Community in Slavery and Freedom, 1739-1912\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWriting West Indian Histories\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePlantation Jamaica, 1750-1850: Capital and Control in a Colonial Economy\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eJamaican Food: History, Biology, Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent books are \u003ci\u003eA Concise History of the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow Food Made History\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"University of the West Indies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50858173923602,"sku":"9789766401375","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_321559e9-6259-4f55-b35f-905b44428e91.jpg?v=1737542077","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/slavery-freedom-and-gender-the-dynamics-of-caribbean-society-9789766401375","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}