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The migration of peoples from the Caribbean to the Bahamas / Keith L. Tinker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tinker, Keith L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West Indians--Bahamas.
- West Indians.
- Bahamas--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
- Bahamas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (168 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this timely volume, Keith Tinker explores the flow of peoples to and from the Bahamas and assesses the impact of various migrant groups on the character of the islands' society and identity.
- Contents:
- Table of Contents v; List of Illustrations vii; Preface and Acknowledgments ix; Introduction 1; 1. British West Indian Migration 12; 2. Migration to the Bahamas: Pre-Columbian to 1888 24; 3. Barbadian Migration to the Bahamas 37; 4. Jamaican Migration to the Bahamas 60; 5. Haitian Migration to the Bahamas, 1793-1956 80; 6. Haitian Migration to the Bahamas, 1957-1973 100; 7. Turks and Caicos Islands Migration 123; 8. Post-Independence West Indian Migration, 1973-1992 147; Afterword 167; Bibliography 177; Index 187
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-3661-5
- OCLC:
- 697174348
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