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The 'air of liberty' : narratives of the South Atlantic past /
The Caribbean imagination as framed within a Dutch historical setting has deep Portuguese-African roots. The Seven Provinces were the first European power, in the first half of the 17th century, to challenge the Iberian countries directly for a share in the slave trade. This book analyzes the philos...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
2008.
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| Colección: | Cross/cultures ;
96. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Caribbean imagination as framed within a Dutch historical setting has deep Portuguese-African roots. The Seven Provinces were the first European power, in the first half of the 17th century, to challenge the Iberian countries directly for a share in the slave trade. This book analyzes the philosophy underlying this transoceanic link, when contacts with Africa started to be developed. The ambiguous morality of the 'air of liberty' governing the Afro-Portuguese past had its impact on the creole cultures (white, black, Jewish) of the Dutch territories of Suriname and Curaçao. Although this in. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 224 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-212) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435644359 1435644352 9789401205832 9401205833 |