The Work of Recognition : Caribbean Colombia and the Postemancipation Struggle for Citizenship /

This book tells the compelling story of postemancipation Colombia, from the liberation of the slaves in the 1850s through the country's first general labor strikes in the 1910s. As Jason McGraw demonstrates, ending slavery fostered a new sense of citizenship, one shaped both by a model of unive...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGraw, Jason (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Working class.
Slaves > Emancipation.
Race relations.
Politics and government.
Labor.
Freed persons.
Citizenship.
Black people.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Travailleurs > Colombie > Histoire.
Esclaves > Affranchissement > Colombie > Histoire.
Reconnaissance (Philosophie) > Aspect politique > Colombie > Histoire.
Travail > Colombie > Histoire.
Affranchis > Colombie > Histoire.
Working class > Colombia > History.
Slaves > Emancipation > Colombia > History.
Recognition (Philosophy) > Political aspects > Colombia > History.
Labor > Colombia > History.
Freed persons > Colombia > History.
Citizenship > Colombia > History.
Black people > Colombia > History.
Black people > Colombia > Atlantic Coast > History.
Colombia > Atlantic Coast.
Colombia.
Colombie > Politique et gouvernement > 1810-
Colombia > Race relations > History.
Colombia > Politics and government > 1810-
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The emancipatory moment
  • Revolution of the people, war of the races
  • The freedom of industry and labor
  • The lettered republic
  • The rise and fall of popular politics
  • A hungry people struggles
  • Class war of a thousand days
  • Epilogue.

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