Kathryn R. Dungy

The Conceptualization of Race in Colonial Puerto Rico, 1800-1850 - Black Studies and Critical Thinking Kathryn R. Dungy New edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; With the growing interest in the history of peoples of African descent in the Americas, narratives addressing regions outside of the United States are becoming increasingly popular. This book illuminates the role people of African descent played in the building of a Spanish Caribbean society during the social upheaval of the early nineteenth century. Table of Contents: Contents: People of Different Shades An Examination of the&ltBR> Nineteenth-Century Population of Puerto Rico - A Changing World: The Atlantic World through the Eyes of Free People of Color - Living in Color: Native and Immigrant Free People of Color in Their Communities - Til Death Do Us Part: Engagement, Elopement, Marriage, and Widowhood - A Fusion of the Races: Free People of Color and the Growth of Puerto Rican Society. Biographical Note: Kathryn R. Dungy is Assistant Professor of Caribbean and Latin American History at Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont.