Kenneth Bilby

Broschiertes Buch

True-Born Maroons

Beschreibung

Constructed from the oral histories of one of the most secretive groups in the Caribbean, the Maroons of Jamaica, this book provides a unique view of a culture that has been nurtured by enslaved Africans and their descendants to survive against tremendous odds for nearly 350 years.

Autor

Kenneth Bilby is a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution. He is the coauthor of Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae, which received the Caribbean Studies Association's Gordon K. Lewis Award for Caribbean Scholarship in 1996.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Longleaf Services on Behalf of U of Florida Press
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 149mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 849g
• ISBN-13: 9780813032788
• ISBN-10: 0813032784
• Artikelnr.: 23457106