Hispanic American Historical Review · 1989 · 86 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesArea StudiesCaribbean StudiesIndigenous StudiesNative American StudiesAfro-caribbean StudiesCaribbean HistoryCaribbean SocietyMaroon CommunitiesImperial ConquestMaroon AutonomyMaroon HistoriographyMaroon IdentityMaroon RebellionsMaroon Settlement PatternsMaroon WarfareSettler Colonial Resistance
A careful and thorough study of the Jamaican Maroons from the British conquest to the late 18th century. Choice This richly textured study of the struggles of the Maroons of Jamaica against the British colonial authorities, their subsequent collaboration with and betrayal by them, will be of great interest to historians of Africa. . . . Elegantly written . . . the author . . . makes her own contribution to current debates on resistance and collaboration. Michael Crowder, Institute of Commonwealth Studies