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No Bond but the Law : Punishment, Race, and Gender in Jamaican State Formation, 1780-1870 /
Investigating the cultural, social, and political histories of punishment during ninety years surrounding the 1838 abolition of slavery in Jamaica, Diana Paton challenges standard historiographies of slavery and discipline. The abolition of slavery in Jamaica, as elsewhere, entailed the termination...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
[2004]
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| Colección: | Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies : 44
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- One. Prison and Plantation
- Two. Planters, Magistrates, and Apprentices
- Three. The Treadmill and the Whip
- Four. Penality and Politics in a ''Free'' Society
- Five Justice and the Jamaican People
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index