Slavery, Freedom and Gender: The Dynamics of Caribbean Society

Brian L. Moore, B.W. Higman, Carl Campbell and Patrick Bryan (eds)

This collection of essays by distinguished scholars began as a series of lectures sponsored by the Department of History, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, to honour internationally recognized Caribbean historian Elsa Goveia. The collection consists of thirteen lectures delivered between 1987 and 1998. The book is divided into two broad sections: In Slavery and Freedom, which features critical research on slavery and post-emancipation society, and Gender Paradigms.

With seminal work by Hilary Beckles, Bridget Brereton, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Douglas Hall, B.W. Higman, Joeseph E. Inokori, Franklin W. Knight, Lucille Mathurin Mair, Woodville K. Marshall, Rex Nettleford, Colin A. Palmer, Monica Schuler and Blanca G. Silvestrini, Slavery, Freedom and Gender will be particularly engaging to readers interested in Caribbean history, social history and gender studies.