<P>Now in its twenty-fifth anniversary edition, <I>Maroon Societies</I> is a systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. These societies ranged from small bands that survived less than a year to powerful states encompassing thousands of members and surviving for generations and even centuries. The volume includes eyewitness accounts written by escaped slaves and their pursuers, as well as modern historical and anthropological studies of the maroon experience. <I>From the recipient of the J. I. Staley Prize in Anthropology</I></P>