Title: Los negros, los mulatos y la Nación Dominicana
First published: 1969
Description: "Blacks, Mulattos, and the Dominican Nation is the first English translation of the classic text Los negros, los mulatos y la nación dominicana by esteemed Dominican scholar Franklin J. Franco. Published in 1969, this book was the first systematic work on the role of Afro-descendants in Dominican society, the first society of the modern Americas where a Black-Mulatto population majority developed during the 16th century. Franco's work, a foundational text for Dominican ethnic studies, constituted a paradigm shift, breaking with the distortions of traditional histories that focused on the colonial elite to place Afro-descendants, slavery, and race relations at the center of Dominican history. This translation includes a new introduction by Silvio Torres-Saillant (Syracuse University) which contextualizes Franco's work, explaining the milieu in which he was writing, and bringing the historiography of race, slavery, and the Dominican Republic up to the present." -- Provided by publisher
Subjects: History, Slavery, Blacks, Racially mixed people, Race relations, Dominican republic, social conditions, Black people, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Discrimination & Race Relations, Minority Studies
Places: Dominican Republic
Time periods: To 1844
LC classification: HT1081 F73