Colonial inventions : landscape, power and representation in nineteenth-century Trinidad / by Amar Wahab.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wahab, Amar.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Trinidad and Tobago--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Trinidad and Tobago--Colonial influence.

Trinidad and Tobago.

Great Britain--Colonies--West Indies.

Great Britain.

Trinidad and Tobago--In art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book situates its contemplation of the nineteenth-century Trinidadian landscape in the context of an emerging sub-field of Caribbean postcolonial studies, by connecting the visual representation and indexing of colonial landscapes and peoples Other the making of colonial power. Emphasis is placed on three pivotal image catalogues which span the pre and post emancipation periods and which connect the projects of British slavery and indentureship. The book unearths sketches, paintings, lith...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CONCLUSION; ENDNOTES; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-69235-6

9786612692352

1-4438-1999-9

OCLC:

656359808