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- The History of Barbados
- ISBN:9780521678490
- Format:Paperback
- Subject(s):History
- Qualification:Caribbean
- Author(s):Hilary McD. Beckles
- Available from: No date available
In this second edition, Hilary Beckles updates the text to reflect the considerable number of writings recently published on Barbados.
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CONTENTS
- 1. The first Barbadians c.350-c.1627
- 2. English colonisation 1627-1650
- 3. The 'sugar and slavery' model 1644-1692
- 4. The Creole slave-based society and economy 1688-1807
- 5. Abolition, rebellion and emancipation 1807-1838
- 6. Freedom without liberties 1838-1897
- 7. Right to full freedom 1843-1876
- 8. Planter-merchant consolidation and workers' organisations 1876-1937
- 9. From colony to nation state 1937-1966
- 10. Current trends - from nation state to Caribbean single market and economy.
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