Fradera,Josep Maria (Editor) and Schmidt-Nowara,Christopher (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2013
Published:
New York: Berghahn Books
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
340 p, African slavery was pervasive in Spain's Atlantic empire yet remained in the margins of the imperial economy until the end of the eighteenth century when the plantation revolution in the Caribbean colonies put the slave traffic and the plantation at the center of colonial exploitation and conflict. The international group of scholars brought together in this volume explain Spain's role as a colonial pioneer in the Atlantic world and its latecomer status as a slave-trading, plantation-based empire.
Focuses on CLADEM, an organization that has been championing women's rights in Latin America and the Caribbean for over 25 years. With the target date of 2015 fast approaching, attention is turning to what will follow the Millennium Development Goals - the global action plan to reduce extreme poverty across the world. Here, Jessica Woodroffe considers what the future holds, specifically for women's rights.
