Frontier Society : : A Social Analysis of the History of Surinam.

• Author: van Lier, R. A. J.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 1981.; ©1971.
• Year of Publication: 1981
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (450 pages)

This classic study was originally published in 1949 in Dutch as Samenleving in een grensgebied. This English translation is based on a second revised Dutch edition from 1971. The point of departure is J.S. Furnivall's concept of 'plural society' to sketch the historical development of Suriname. The author focuses on the social relations that determined life in the colony. In the final part, discussing the period from the abolition of slavery to World War II, relatively more attention is given to the Creoles or Afro-Surinamese than to the populations of Asian descent, because the influence exercised by the Creole group during that period was predominant.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I THE "PLANTATION OF SURINAM -- CHAPTER II THE WHITE MASTERS -- CHAPTER III THE SEITLEMENT AS A SLAVE COLONY -- CHAPTER IV THE JEWISH COMMUNITY -- CHAPTER V THE FREE MULATTOES AND NEGROES AND THE POSITION OF THE MANUMITTED -- CHAPTER VI THE SLAVES -- CHAPTER VII EMANCIPATION AND THE PERIOD OF STATE SUPERVISION -- CHAPTER VIII GOVERNMENT POLICY AND THE CHARACTER OF THE PERIOD AFTER 1863 -- CHAPTER IX THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGES AFTER EMANCIPATION -- CHAPTER X STATE ORGANIZATION AND POLITICAL TENSIONS -- POSTSCRIPT THE STRUGGLE FOR A NATIONAL EXISTENCE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECTED LITERATURE (1948-1970) -- INDEX.