Frontier Society A Social Analysis of the History of Surinam

The Dutch version of Frontier Society (Samenleving in een Grens­ gebied) first appeared in 1949. A second Dutch edition of this work has been published in 1971, in the text of which a number of minor improve­ ments have been made and a few passages added here and there, though on the whole the work...

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Main Authors: Lier, R.A.J., Yperen, Maria J.L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1971, 1971
Edition:1st ed. 1971
Series:Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Bibliographical Series
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Table of Contents:
  • I. The “Plantation of Surinam”
  • II. The White Masters
  • III. The Settlement as a Slave Colony
  • IV. The Jewish Community
  • V. The Free Mulattoes and Negroes and the Position of the Manumitted
  • VI. The Slaves
  • VII. Emancipation and the Period of State Supervision
  • VIII. Government Policy
  • IX. The Economic and Social Changes after Emancipation
  • X. State Organization and Political Tensions
  • Postscript
  • Table I–IV
  • Bibliography of Selected Literature