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The Creole Archipelago : race and borders in the colonial Caribbean / Tessa Murphy.

Author/creator Murphy, Tessa author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Copyright Notice ©2021
Description310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Early American studies
Early American studies. ^A375699
Contents Introduction. Islands beyond empires -- Kalinago dominion and the shape of the eastern Caribbean -- Creating the Creole Archipelago -- Colonizing the Caribbean frontier -- Seeking a place as colonial subjects -- Surviving the turn to sugar -- An empire disordered -- Revolutions and the end of accommodation -- Conclusion. Echoes of the Creole Archipelago.
Abstract "By approaching the colonial Caribbean as an interconnected region, Tessa Murphy recasts small islands as the site of broader contests over Indigenous dominion, racial belonging, economic development, and colonial subjecthood"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2021039350
ISBN9780812253382 (hardcover)
ISBN0812253388 (hardcover)

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