{"product_id":"landscapes-of-freedom-claudia-leal-9780816541492","title":"Landscapes of Freedom: Building a Postemancipation Society in the Rainforests of Western Colombia","description":"\u003cb\u003e2019 Winner, Colombia Section, Michael Jim nez Prize, Latin American Studies Association \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After emancipation in 1851, the African descendants living in the extra-humid rainforests of the Pacific coast of Colombia attained levels of autonomy hardly equaled anywhere else in the Americas. This autonomy rested on their access to a diverse environment--including small strips of fertile soils, mines, forests, rivers, and wetlands--that contributed to their subsistence and allowed them to procure gold, platinum, rubber, and vegetable ivory for export. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Afro-Colombian slave labor had produced the largest share of gold in the colony of New Granada. After the abolishment of slavery, some free people left the mining areas and settled elsewhere along the coast, making this the largest area of Latin America in which black people predominate into the present day. However, this economy and society, which lived off the extraction of natural resources, was presided over by a very small white commercial elite living in the region's ports, where they sought to create an urban environment that would shelter them from the jungle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandscapes of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e reconstructs a nonplantation postemancipation trajectory that sheds light on how environmental conditions and management influenced the experience of freedom. It also points at the problematic associations between autonomy and marginality that have shaped the history of Afro-America. By focusing on racialized landscapes, Leal offers a nuanced and important approach to understanding the history of Latin America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claudia Leal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816541493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816541492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Claudia Leal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047217393919,"sku":"9780816541492","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_13ee3b6f-96e1-4291-b580-40d50c026234.jpg?v=1684988932","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/landscapes-of-freedom-claudia-leal-9780816541492","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}