Alabi's World Tapa blanda - 1990

UsedVeryGood. Some wear/scuffs. Text is mostly clean & readable.

Johns Hopkins University Press. Acceptable. Acceptable. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported

Johns Hopkins University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. Softcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. In Very Good+ condition. In the early 18th century, the Dutch colony of Suriname was the envy of all others in the Americas. There, seven hundred Europeans lived off the labor of over four thousand enslaved Africans. Owned by men hell-bent for quick prosperity, the rich plantations on the Suriname river became known for their heights of planter comfort and opulence―and for their depths of slave misery. Slaves who tried to escape were hunted by the planter militia. If found they were publicly tortured. (A common punishment was for the Achilles tendon to be removed for a first offense, the right leg amputated for a second.) Resisting this cruelty first in small numbers, then in an ever increasing torrent, slaves began to form outlaw communities until nearly one out of every ten Africans in Suriname was helping to build rebel villages in the jungle.Alabi's World relates the history of a nation founded by escaped… Leer más

pb. Fair. Obviously worn, but no text pages missing. May have highlighting and marginalia, but markings do not interfere with readability. Textbooks do not have accompanying CDs or access codes. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC.

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990-06-01. paperback. Used: Good.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. Trade paperback. Very good.. Johns Hopkins University, 1990, 444 pages, trade paperback, no owner's mark or underlining, light wear

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. xx, 444pp, references, notes/commentary, bw ills. Or pictorial card. Slightest of edge wear. In the early 18th century 700 Europeans lived of the labour of 7000 anslaved Africans. In the forests just beyond the plantation rim, hundreds of escaped slaves, the Saramaka Maroons, were building a new society based on resistance and liberty.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. Soft cover. Good. Very large, heavy softcover, illustrated on front wrapper with white family at dinner and slaves. The rise of Saramaka Maroons in rebellion against their slavery in the Dutch colony of Suriname. 444 lightly browned pages plus final photo. Yellow highlighting on pages xiv, 67, 118 and 121. Tip creased on page 21. Light crease at top front tip, light wear to front tips. Near Very Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.