The white minority in the Caribbean / edited by Howard Johnson and Karl Watson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Howard, 1945- editor.

Watson, Karl S., 1944- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White people--West Indies--History.

White people.

White people--Belize--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 180 p. )

Place of Publication:

Kingston : Ian Randle Publishers, 2013.

Summary:

"The emergence of nationalist movements and the increase in black consciousness in the Caribbean have for many years diverted historical scholarship away from the white elite to the recording of the experiences of the black and coloured populations. The White Minority in the Caribbean reverses this trend by focusing on the strategies adopted by the white community to shape and dominate the social and economic environment in a region which is predominantly non-white.The unifying perspective of the essays in this volume is that in spite of changing relationships with other races in the Caribbean, the white minority has maintained its elite position by uniting its constituent ethnic and social groups whenever its dominance has been challenged. Other strategies included cementing links to political power and maintaining access to domestic and foreign capital.This discussion is not limited to the Anglophone Caribbean; a discussion of the French and Dutch territories is included in this comprehensive analysis."

Contents:

White women and a West India fortune : gender and wealth during slavery / Hilary McD. Beckles

Salmagundis vs Pumpkins : white politics and creole consciousness in Barbadian slave society, 1800-1834 / Karl Watson

The white elite of Trinidad, 1838-1950 / Bridget Brereton

Bay Street, black power, and the Conchy Joes : race and class in the colony and commonwealth of the Bahamas, 1850-2000 / Michael Craton

The culture of the colonial elites in nineteenth century Guyana / Brian L. Moore

The white minority in Jamaica at the end of the nineteenth century / Patrick Bryan

In the name of the people : populist ideology and expatriate power in Belize / Karen Judd

Ethnicity and social change in Curaçao / R.A. Römer

French republicanism under challenge : white minority (Béké) power in Martinique and Guadeloupe / Fred Constant.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789766378479

9766378479