{"product_id":"the-sociology-of-slavery-black-society-in-jamaica-1655-1838-hardback-9781509550975","title":"The Sociology of Slavery; Black Society in Jamaica, 1655-1838 (Hardback) 9781509550975","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Sociology of Slavery\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBlack Society in Jamaica, 1655-1838\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eOrlando Patterson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509550975, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 April 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 3.3 cm, 0.726 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘a lucid, densely packed, and extremely intelligent analysis of slavery… indispensable’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Hobsbawm, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘an inventive and perceptive book’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack P. Greene, \u003ci\u003eThe American Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘a valuable contribution to the study of West Indian history… Patterson has asked new questions and elicited some new answers in his discussion of the Jamaican slave society.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElsa Goveia, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘This book is a badly needed and well done study of the slave society of Jamaica… Refreshingly free of romanticism, it deals frankly with the impact of slavery upon all the members of Jamaican society.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGwendolyn Midlo Hall, \u003ci\u003eThe Historian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"[Orlando Patterson] is one of our great comparative and historical sociologists\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSociety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrlando Patterson’s classic study of slavery in Jamaica reveals slavery for what it was: a highly repressive and destructive system of human exploitation, which disregarded and distorted almost all of the basic prerequisites of normal social life. What distinguishes Patterson's account is his detailed description of the lives and culture of slaves under this repressive regime. He analyses the conditions of slave life and work on the plantations, the psychological life of slaves and the patterns and meanings of life and death.  He shows that the real-life situation of slaves and enslavers involved a complete breakdown of all major social institutions, including the family, gender relations, religion, trust and morality. And yet, despite the repressiveness and protracted genocide of the regime, slaves maintained some space of their own, and their forced adjustment to white norms did not mean that they accepted them. Slave culture was characterized by a persistent sense of resentment and injustice, which underpinned the day-to-day resistance and large-scale rebellions that were a constant feature of slave society, the last and greatest of which partly accounts for its abolition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis second edition includes a new introduction by Orlando Patterson, which explains the origins of the book, appraises subsequent works on Jamaican slavery,  and reflects on its enduring relevance. Widely recognized as a foundational work on the social institution of slavery, this book is an essential text for anyone interested in the role of slavery in shaping the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction to the 2022 Edition: Life and Scholarship in the Shadow of Slavery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I The Masters: An Overall View of Slavery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e II The Slave Plantation: Its Socio-Economic Structure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III The Treatment of the Slaves in Law and Custom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e IV An Analysis of the Slave Population of Jamaica\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e V The Tribal Origins of the Jamaican Slaves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VI The Socialization and Personality Structure of the Slave\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VII Social Institutions of the Slaves: Witchcraft, Sorcery and Religion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VIII Social Institutions of the Slaves: Economy, Recreation and Control\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XIV The Mechanisms of Resistance to Slavery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XX The Cultural and Social Development of Jamaica: 1655-1865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: Stephen Fullers Account of the Number of Negroes imported and exported at Jamaica each year, 1702-75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2: Exports from Jamaica, 1768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3: General Return from the Island of Jamaica, for Fifty-Three Years, ending 31st December 1836, abstracted from the Journals of the House Assembly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 4: Output, Income and Expenditure in 1832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 5: Manuscripts and Official Publications Consulted\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 6: Europeans in West Africa\u003cbr\u003e Seventeenth to Eighteenth Centuries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 7: Africa as known to Europeans in the Mid-eighteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441811288344,"sku":"9781509550975","price":48.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509550975.jpg?v=1785026629","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-sociology-of-slavery-black-society-in-jamaica-1655-1838-hardback-9781509550975","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}