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Sugar cane capitalism and environmental transformation : an archaeology of colonial Nevis, West Indies / Marco G. Meniketti ; cover design Michele Myatt Quinn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meniketti, Marco G., 1954- author.
- Series:
- Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
- Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Saint Kitts and Nevis--Nevis.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Nevis--Antiquities.
- Nevis.
- Nevis--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University Alabama Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Offers a rare exploration of the substantial environmental impact of capitalist sugar agriculture, colonial settlement, and the Atlantic slave trade on the Caribbean island of Nevis In this deeply researched and multifaceted study, Marco G.
- Contents:
- Part I. Theory and method
- The Caribbean defined and the scope of archaeology
- Method and theory
- Colonial settlement and emergent capitalism
- Part II. Archaeology
- Nevis history, 1627-1833
- An archaeology of plantation industrialization
- Decline and adjustment, 1782-1833
- Part III. Synthesis and conclusions
- Environmental change in capitalism's shadow.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8910-5
- OCLC:
- 933516767
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