The Work of Recognition Caribbean Colombia and the Postemancipation Struggle for Citizenship / Jason McGraw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGraw, Jason.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Recognition (Philosophy)--Political aspects--Colombia--History.

Recognition (Philosophy).

Citizenship--Colombia--History.

Citizenship.

Labor--Colombia--History.

Labor.

Working class--Colombia--History.

Working class.

Freed persons--Colombia--History.

Freed persons.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Colombia--History.

Enslaved persons.

Black people--Colombia--Atlantic Coast--History.

Black people.

Black people--Colombia--History.

Colombia--Politics and government--1810-.

Colombia.

Colombia--Race relations--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (632 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"THE WORK OF RECOGNITION is the first comprehensive history of African-descended Colombians during the postemancipation period. Jason McGraw chronicles the history of Afro-Colombians--particularly along the Caribbean coast of Colombia, where the African-descended populations were concentrated--beginning with final emancipation in the 1850s and ending with the country's first general labor strike in 1918. Revealing a number of previously little known labor struggles beginning as early as 1857, including a strike staged by Magdalena River boatmen, which may have been the first strike in Colombian history, McGraw demonstrates that Afro-Colombians were principal actors in the post-slavery labor environment during these years. He argues that comprehending their historical role opens up a new view on the practice and meaning of modern citizenship and the crucial concept of recognition as central to the assumption of citizenship status. Challenging the historical erasure of Afro-Colombians, McGraw demonstrates that, after slavery, the historical denial of the role of Black workers in the republic occurred at key turning points exactly when and because they demanded recognition as citizens. Connecting the history of Black Colombians to national development, McGraw also places the story within the broader contexts of Latin American popular politics, religion, and the African diaspora"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The emancipatory moment

Revolution of the people, war of the races

The freedom of industry and labor

The lettered republic

The rise and fall of popular politics

A hungry people struggles

Class war of a thousand days

Epilogue.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908452-3-8

1-4696-1788-9

1-4696-1787-0

OCLC:

883571072