Slave Women in Caribbean Society, 1650-1838 - Softcover

Bush, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253212510 ISBN 13: 9780253212511

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1990

Synopsis

... pioneering study in an area long neglected by historians." ―Women’s Review of Books

... we must admire this as an important and interesting contribution." ―The Times of the Americas

Bush’s well-organized and clearly written book will appeal to readers interested in women’s studies and comparative studies of the black diaspora.... readable and valuable... " ―Choice

... Bush’s outstanding contribution is documenting women’s unique resistance: They did everything they could not to bear children."―New Directions For Women

... extremely informative and enjoyable to read, performing the valuable contribution of collecting and analysing data about a relatively neglected topic... "―Gender and History

Both the general reader and the academic specialist should find this book a valuable contribution to the discourse on gender and slave relations in plantation America" ―International Migration Review

This is the first book on black slave women to take into account the complexities of gender, race, and class which made their experience of slavery different from that of the black men. Bush challenges certain myths surrounding black women’s lives as workers, mothers, and as activists in the vanguard of resistance to slavery.

About this title

Book Description:

A Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 1990

About the Author:

Barbara Bush was born in Rye, New York, and married George H.W. Bush in 1945. She was the First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993. She has five children, including President George W. Bush and Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and fourteen grandchildren. She is the founder of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. She lives in Houston, Texas, and Kennebunkport, Maine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0253212510
• ISBN 13: 9780253212511
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208