A history of Barbados : from Amerindian settlement to Caribbean single market / Hilary McD. Beckles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beckles, Hilary, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Barbados--History.

Barbados.

Physical Description:

xviii, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

In this second edition of A History of Barbados, Hilary Beckles updates the text to reflect the considerable number of writings recently published on Barbados. He presents new insights and analyses key events in a lucid and provocative style which will appeal to all those who have an interest in the island's past and present. Hilary Beckles examines how the influences of the Amerindians, European colonisation, the sugar industry, the slave trade, emancipation, the civil rights movement, independence in 1966 and nationalism have shaped contemporary Barbados. A History of Barbados speaks to the slavery past as passionately as it does to the considerable success of this small nation finding its way in a turbulent, globalised world.

Contents:

The first Barbadians, c.350-c.1627

English colonisation, 1627-1650

The 'sugar and slavery' model, 1644-1692

The Creole slave-based society and economy, 1688-1807

Abolition, rebellion and emancipation, 1807-1838

Freedom without liberties, 1838-1897

Right to full freedom, 1843-1876

Planter-merchant consolidation and workers' organisations, 1876-1937

From colony to nation state, 1937-1966

Current trends: from nation state to Caribbean single market and economy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index.

ISBN:

0521678498

9780521678490

OCLC:

143607964