Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 328 pages) |
Contents |
The emancipatory moment -- Revolution of the people, war of the races -- The freedom of industry and labor -- The lettered republic -- The rise and fall of popular politics -- A hungry people struggles -- Class war of a thousand days -- Epilogue |
Summary |
This book tells the compelling story of postemancipation Colombia, from the liberation of the slaves in the 1850s through the country's first general labor strikes in the 1910s. As Jason McGraw demonstrates, ending slavery fostered a new sense of citizenship, one shaped both by a model of universal rights and by the particular freedom struggles of African-descended people. Colombia's Caribbean coast was at the center of these transformations, in which women and men of color, the region's majority population, increasingly asserted the freedom to control their working conditions, fight in civil wars, and express their religious beliefs. The history of Afro-Colombians as principal social actors after emancipation, McGraw argues, opens up a new view on the practice and meaning of citizenship. Crucial to this conception of citizenship was the right of recognition. Indeed, attempts to deny the role of people of color in the republic occurred at key turning points exactly because they demanded public recognition as citizens. In connecting Afro-Colombians to national development, The Work of Recognition also places the story within the broader contexts of Latin American popular politics, culture, and the African diaspora |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Black people -- Colombia -- Atlantic Coast -- History
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Black people -- Colombia -- History
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Citizenship -- Colombia -- History
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Freed persons -- Colombia -- History
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Labor -- Colombia -- History
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Recognition (Philosophy) -- Political aspects -- Colombia -- History
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Colombia -- History
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Working class -- Colombia -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Black people
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Citizenship
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Freed persons
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Labor
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Politics and government
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Race relations
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation
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Working class
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Colombia -- Politics and government -- 1810- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028507
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Colombia -- Race relations -- History
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Colombia
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Colombia -- Atlantic Coast
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781469617879 |
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1469617870 |
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9781469617886 |
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1469617889 |
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