BECKLES, HILARY AND SHEPHERD, VERENE.

Caribbean Freedom. Economy and Society from Emancipation to the Present.

London: James Currey, 1996. 0852557116. "This reader of nearly sixty articles covers major events in the Caribbean struggle for freedom.. Calling attention to the variety of post-slavery experiences in the Spanish, Dutch, English and French Caribbean..Among the areas covered are popular revolts and aborted revolutions; the sugar industry and economic diversification; peasants and planters; immigration from Europe, India and China; the role of women; labour movements; independence and nationhood." Pp.xiv/581, owner's name to rear free endpaper. Paperback. VG.

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Catalogue: History: : World: : West Indies

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