No Bond But the Law: Punishment, Race, and Gender in Jamaican State Formation, 1780-1870

Contributor(s): Paton, Diana (Author)

ISBN: 9780822334019

Publisher: Duke University Press

Hardcover

$139.95

Pub Date: October 29, 2004

Dewey: 364.9729209

LCCN: 2004007251

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.00" H x 9.40" L x 6.10" W ( 1.30 lbs) 312 pages

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Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: The author analyzes punishment as a way to explore the dynamic of state formation in a colonial society making the transition from slavery to freedom.

Review Quotes: "No Bond but the Law is a model of research procedure and historical writing."--Sidney Mintz, author of Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History

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