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Another America: The Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It
James Ciment
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Paperback. Riven by caste, committed to commerce, practicing democratic and Christian ideals haphazardly, the Americo-Liberians created a history that is, to a surprising degree, the mirror image of our own. This book shows that the settlers struggled to balance their high ideals with their prejudices. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
James Ciment, in his enthralling history Another America, shows that the settlers struggled to balance their high ideals with their prejudices. On the steamy shores of West Africa, they re-created the only social order they knew, that of an antebellum Dixie, with themselves as the master caste, ruling over a native population that outnumbered them twenty to one. They built plantations, held elegant dances, and worked to protect their fragile independence from the predations of foreign powers. Meanwhile, they fought, abused, and even helped to enslave the native Liberians. The persecuted became the persecutors - until a lowly native sergeant ... Read more
James Ciment, in his enthralling history Another America, shows that the settlers struggled to balance their high ideals with their prejudices. On the steamy shores of West Africa, they re-created the only social order they knew, that of an antebellum Dixie, with themselves as the master caste, ruling over a native population that outnumbered them twenty to one. They built plantations, held elegant dances, and worked to protect their fragile independence from the predations of foreign powers. Meanwhile, they fought, abused, and even helped to enslave the native Liberians. The persecuted became the persecutors - until a lowly native sergeant ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hill and Wang
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780809026951
SKU
V9780809026951
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