1 online resource (262 pages) : color illustrations, maps
Contents
Encounters with history -- history of encounters -- Ethnohistorical appraisal of the 'historical present' -- The logic of Maroon political praxis : some theoretical and methodological notes -- Routes from the roots : Africa in Jamaica -- A comparative dimension of West Africa and the Caribbean : on the structural history of chieftaincy among the Maroons -- Engendering history : comparative reconstruction of female participation in Jamaica and West Africa -- Sanctified by blood sacrifice : the 1738/1739 peace treaty as the basis for Maroon sovereignty -- The 'Maroon' struggle as part of an African freedom struggle
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-251) and index
