The Meaning Of Freedom: Economics, Politics, and Culture after Slavery

In this interdisciplinary study, scholars consider the aftermath of slavery, focusing on Caribbean societies and the southern United States. What was the nature and impact of slave emancipation? Did the change in legal status conceal underlying continuities in American plantation societies? Was there a common postemancipation pattern of economic development? How did emancipation affect the politics and culture of race and class? This comparative study addresses precisely these types of questions as it makes a significant contribution to a new a growing field.

Author: Frank McGlynn
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 04/27/1992
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d
ISBN: 9780822954798

About the Author
Frank McGlynn is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg.