The Conceptualization of Race in Colonial Puerto Rico, 1800-1850 - Paperback

by Rochelle Brock (Other), Cynthia B. Dillard (Other), Richard Greggory III Johnson (Other)

The Conceptualization of Race in Colonial Puerto Rico, 1800-1850 illuminates the role people of African descent played in the building of a Spanish Caribbean society during the social upheaval of the early nineteenth century. Dungy uses gender, color, and class differences as lenses to understand a colonial society that was regulated by social relationships.

Author Biography

Kathryn R. Dungy is Assistant Professor of Caribbean and Latin American History at Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont.