Out-of-print or hard-to-find books
Afro-American Arts of the Suriname Rain Forest
by Sally Price and Richard Price
An introduction to the artistic life of the Maroons, lavishly illustrated with color and black-and-white plates. The text has been fully superseded by Maroon Arts (Beacon Press, 1999), but this edition has better-quality illustrations. A limited number of copies are available for sale by the authors; e-mail us using Quick Links (right column). Also available on-line from various out-of-print booksellers.
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Saramaka Social Structure:
Analysis of a Maroon Society in Surinam
by Richard Price
A revised 1970 Harvard dissertation, still available from the Institute of Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico, by emailing the Institute: (viglesia@rrpac.upr.clu.edu)
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To Slay the Hydra:
Dutch Colonial Perspectives on the Saramaka Wars
by Richard Price
A companion volume to First-Time, this book presents extensive archival documents, translated into English, on Saramakas' century-long struggle for liberation from slavery. Available on-line from various out-of-print booksellers. (Dutch edition, 1982, De Saramakaanse vrede van 1762: geselecteerde documenten, available from the Centrum voor Caraïbische Studies, Utrecht, the Netherlands.)
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The Guiana Maroons:
A Historical and Bibliographical Introduction
by Richard Price
Available on-line from various out-of-print booksellers.