Enterprising women: gender, race, and power in the revolutionary atlantic
Auteur :
Candlin, Kit / Pybus, Cassandra
Éditeur :
University of Georgia Press
ISBN :
9780820344553
Date de publication :
15 janv. 2015
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
These recovered histories of entrepreneurial women of color from the colonial Caribbean illustrate an environment in which upward social mobility for freedpeople was possible. Through determination and extensive commercial and kinship connections, these women penetrated British life and created success for themselves and future generations.