| Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Series |
Empires in Perspective |
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Empires in perspective.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Maps and Tables; Introduction; 1. Slaveholding and the Jamaican Economy; 2. Colonial Society and Proslavery Culture; 3. Public Life and Institutions; 4. Local Challenges; 5. Imperial Interventions; 6. Uprising; 7. Backlash; 8. Emancipation; Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
Explores the social composition of the Jamaican slaveholding class during the era of the British campaign to end slavery, looking at their efforts to maintain control over local society and considering how their economic, cultural and military dependency on the colonial metropole meant that they were unable to avert the ending of British slavery |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317313939 |
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1317313933 |
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