{"product_id":"freedom-roots-histories-from-the-caribbean-paperback","title":"Freedom Roots: Histories from the Caribbean - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurent DuBois\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Lee Turits\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo tell the history of the Caribbean is to tell the history of the world,\" write Laurent Dubois and Richard Lee Turits. In this powerful and expansive story of the vast archipelago, Dubois and Turits chronicle how the Caribbean has been at the heart of modern contests between slavery and freedom, racism and equality, and empire and independence. From the emergence of racial slavery and European colonialism in the early sixteenth century to U.S. annexations and military occupations in the twentieth, systems of exploitation and imperial control have haunted the region. Yet the Caribbean is also where empires have been overthrown, slavery was first defeated, and the most dramatic revolutions triumphed. Caribbean peoples have never stopped imagining and pursuing new forms of liberty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDubois and Turits reveal how the region's most vital transformations have been ignited in the conflicts over competing visions of land. While the powerful sought a Caribbean awash in plantations for the benefit of the few, countless others anchored their quest for freedom in small-farming and counter-plantation economies, at times succeeding against all odds. Caribbean realities to this day are rooted in this long and illuminating history of struggle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaurent Dubois, author of \u003ci\u003eHaiti: The Aftershocks of History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Colony of Citizens\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books, is John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History \u0026amp; Principles of Democracy at the University of Virginia. Richard Lee Turits, author of \u003ci\u003eFoundations of Despotism\u003c\/i\u003e, is associate professor of history, Africana studies, and Latin American studies at William \u0026amp; Mary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47287630037241,"sku":"9781469672557","price":52.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/VzgxMkd3WkY2Q1UzanMyellERVVHZz09.webp?v=1769119926","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/freedom-roots-histories-from-the-caribbean-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}