{"product_id":"bahamian-islanders-on-the-maritime-highway-wrecking-to-make-a-reckoning-paperback-2","title":"Bahamian Islanders on the Maritime Highway: Wrecking to Make a Reckoning - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Lawlor Feller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce regarded as a critical maritime highway in the wake of British abolition, the channels of The Bahamas became a crossroads where freedom, commerce, and control collided. As trade relationships shifted and power was renegotiated across the Atlantic world, the archipelago's porous geography created opportunities for newly emancipated Black people--and, at the same time, for those determined to reassert systems of racial and economic dominance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBahamian Islanders on the Maritime Highway: Wrecking to Make a Reckoning\u003c\/em\u003e, historian Lisa Lawlor Feller weaves together the microhistories of those who crossed these waters, illuminating a transnational Bahamian history often left at the margins. By placing The Bahamas at the intersection of Caribbean and Atlantic frameworks, she reveals the mobility, resilience, and complexity of everyday islanders whose lives shaped the region in lasting ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColonial records--ships' logs, governors' papers, educational reports--may seem dominated by dry statistics, yet careful reading uncovers the subtle presence of these voices. Set against the unique geographic and political position of The Bahamas, these fragments open new dimensions of understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking study calls for a reimagined framework of the \"partially free\" Atlantic world--one that embraces the fluid, liminal spaces of an archipelago that has long defied simple categorization. Centering Bahamian experience, Lawlor Feller deepens our understanding of the region's past and affirms the islands' enduring importance as a site of connection, transition, and cultural insight within Caribbean studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Lawlor Feller\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of history at University of The Bahamas. Her work has been published in journals such as \u003ci\u003eSpanish Points: Language and Power\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eApuntes Hispánicos: Lenguaje y poder\u003c\/i\u003e) and \u003ci\u003eFootnotes\u003c\/i\u003e as well as in \u003ci\u003eTowards a Common Loftier Goal\u003c\/i\u003e, a history textbook for high schools in The Bahamas, commissioned by the Ministry of Education. She is a passionate Bahamian islander who seeks space within Caribbean studies for the small archipelagic Bahamas. Lawlor Feller comes from a long line of Bahamians, with her first ancestor arriving on 24 April 1661. Lawlor Feller's grandfather, mother, and father have all authored Bahamian histories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 274\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53908714062131,"sku":"9781496863300","price":61.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/omqXQjVy179781496863300_a10325c7-4699-420e-93ac-9be23e1ba0c0.webp?v=1787828798","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/bahamian-islanders-on-the-maritime-highway-wrecking-to-make-a-reckoning-paperback-2","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}