In Place of Slavery: A Social History of British Indian and Javanese Laborers in Suriname
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (657 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813016258 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A valuable contribution to the historiography of indentured servitude in the Caribbean, in the Americas in general, in fact, globally."--Howard Johnson, University of DelawareRosemarijn Hoefte explores the rise of indentured servitude on the sugar plantations of Suriname after the end of slavery in that Dutch Caribbean colony in South America. She describes the hierarchical organization of the plantation and discusses such aspects of indenture as wages, housing, medical care, religion, and education. She is the author of Suriname and the coeditor of Connecting Cultures: The Netherlands in Five Centuries of Transatlantic Exchange.. Both an economic analysis and a pioneering social history, the book fills a gap in the study of immigration in the Caribbean.Rosemarijn Hoefte is deputy head of the Department of Caribbean Studies, KITLV/Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology in Leiden, the Netherlands. In this first study ever of bonded labor in Suriname, she discusses and co
Solid Man This book truly relied to the reader the full magnitude of Suriname's social history in an academic manner. I sincerely recommend this book for Surinamese history as well as Colonial, Immigrant, Dutch, English, and Caribbean histories.