In the shadow of the plantation : Caribbean history and legacy / in honour of Professor Emeritus Woodville K. Marshall ; Alvin O. Thompson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thompson, Alvin O., editor.

Marshall, Woodville K., honouree.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plantation workers--West Indies, British--Social conditions.

Plantation workers.

Sugar workers--West Indies, British--Social conditions.

Sugar workers.

Contract labor--West Indies, British--Social conditions.

Contract labor.

Plantations--West Indies, British--History.

Plantations.

West Indies, British--History.

West Indies, British.

West Indies, British--Social conditions.

West Indies, British--Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 504 p. ) ill., 1 map ;

Place of Publication:

Kingston : Ian Randle Publishers, 2002.

Summary:

In the Shadow of the Plantation, so titled to emphasise the historical and contemporary impact of the plantation on all aspects of Caribbean life, reflects on the Caribbean experience from slavery through to the post-independence period. Divided into 4 broad thematic areas - Historiography; Production, Culture and Resistance in the Slavery Era; Forging a New Society; and Political and Socio-cultural Issues - the articles demonstrate the impact of colonialism and the plantation system on Caribbean Life and highlight the efforts that Caribbean peoples have made to uplift themselves from the trammels of colonialism.Dedicated to, and written in celebration of Professor Woodville K. Marshall, contributors include: Bridget Brereton, Verene A. Shepherd, B.W. Higman, Winston McGowan, Heather Cateau, Jerome S. Handler, Alvin O. Thompson, Karl Watson, Noel Titus, Hilary McD. Beckles, Pedro L.V. Welch, Carl Campbell, James Rose, Swithin Wilmot, Henderson Carter, Brian L. Moore, Michele A. Johnson, Aviston Downes, Kusha Haraksingh, Rita Pemberton, Brinsley Samaroo and Kelvin Singh.

Contents:

Woodville Marshall and Caribbean history / Bridget Brereton

'Petticoat rebellion'? The Black woman's body and voice in the struggles for freedom in colonial Jamaica / Verene A. Shepherd

The making of the sugar revolution / B.W. Higman

The origins of slave rebellions in the middle passage / Winston McGowan

The new 'negro' business : hiring in the British West Indies 1750-1810 / Heather Cateau

Plantation slave settlements in Barbados, 1650s to 1834 / Jerome S. Handler

Enslaved children in Berbice, with special reference to the government slaves, 1803-1831 / Alvin O. Thompson

Capital sentences against slaves in Barbados in the eighteenth century : an analysis / Karl Watson

Reassessing John Smith's influence on the Demerara slave revolt of 1823 / Noel Titus

Crop over fetes and festivals in Caribbean slavery / Hilary McD. Beckles

Post-emancipation adjustments in the urban context : views from Bridgetown, Barbados / Pedro L.V. Welch

British aid and West Indian education 1835-45 / Carl Campbell

'Behold the tax man cometh' : taxation as a tool of oppression in early post-emancipation British Guiana, 1838-48 / James Rose

'A stake in the soil' : land and Creole politics in free Jamaica, the 1849 elections / Swithin Wilmot

The Bridgetown riot of 1872 / Henderson Carter

Challenging the 'civilizing mission' : cricket as a field of socio-cultural contestation in Jamaica 1865-1920 / Brian L. Moore and Michele A. Johnson

The contestation for recreational space in Barbados, 1880-1910 / Aviston Downes

Another grounding : peasants and citizenship in Trinidad and Guyana / Kusha Haraksingh

The roots of survival : agriculture in Trindad and Tobago during World War II / Rita Pemberton

Preparing for politics : the pre-PNM years of Eric Williams / Brinsley Samaroo

Race, class and ideology in post-colonial Trinidad, 1956-91 / Kelvin Singh.

Notes:

"In honour of Professor Emeritus Woodville K. Marshall."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 464-496) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789766377809

9766377804