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

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...

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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : BRILL,, 1981.
©1971.
Year of Publication:1981
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (450 pages)
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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.