{"product_id":"democracy-after-slavery-mimi-sheller-9780813030616","title":"Democracy After Slavery: Black Publics and Peasant Radicalism in Haiti and Jamaica","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An important work of Caribbean scholarship. . . . Clearly written and making skillful use of varied sources, this study shows that the struggles of former slaves and their descendants to achieve a real freedom, though ruthlessly crushed in the 19th century, are central to the continuing process of emancipation and democratization in the 'Western' world.\"-- O. Nigel Bolland, Colgate University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMimi Sheller's ground-breaking comparative study analyzes the struggle for freedom and democracy in two Caribbean societies in the aftermath of the abolition of slavery.\u003cbr\u003ePairing the revolutionary Republic of Haiti with the British colony of Jamaica, the author shows how peasants in the 19th-century Caribbean developed a radical critique of elite liberalism and constructed an alternative Pan-Caribbean African identity. Comparing two major peasant rebellions and the relation between them, she describes how Haitian and Jamaican survivors of slavery contributed to the making of democracy in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholars of the Caribbean and of postemancipation societies will find this book essential. At the same time, the issues Sheller addresses on democracy, citizenship, and subaltern publics will also be useful to the broader communities of sociologists, political scientists, and students of colonial and postcolonial studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMimi Sheller\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in the Sociology Department at Lancaster University in England. She is the author of articles in \u003ci\u003eTheory and Society, Slavery and Abolition, New West Indian Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePlantation Society in the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mimi Sheller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813030617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813030616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.65d","brand":"Mimi Sheller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44410409779455,"sku":"9780813030616","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7713c391-9afa-4f49-a331-0d9cf4d03de4.jpg?v=1697536117","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/democracy-after-slavery-mimi-sheller-9780813030616","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}