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Author Richardson, Bonham C., 1939-

Title Igniting the Caribbean's past : fire in British West Indian history / Bonham C. Richardson
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 233 pages) : illustrations, 1 map
Contents Introduction -- Hazards, history, and Caribbean fire -- Fires in towns and cities -- Forestry and bush fires -- Sugarcane fires -- Fire and water -- Fires of protest -- Epilogue
Summary Exploring the effects of fire in the social and ecological history of the British Lesser Antilles, this title focuses on the late 19th century, leading to the 1905 withdrawal of British military forces from the region. It shows how fire-lit social upheavals served as forerunners of political independence movements
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Fires -- West Indies, British -- History -- 19th century
Burning of land -- West Indies, British -- History -- 19th century
Arson -- West Indies, British -- History -- 19th century
Slave rebellions -- West Indies, British -- History -- 19th century
Plantation life -- West Indies, British -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY -- General.
Arson
Burning of land
Fires
Historical geography
Plantation life
Race relations
Slave rebellions
Feuer
Vuur.
Branden.
Sociaal protest.
SUBJECT West Indies, British -- History -- 19th century
West Indies, British -- Race relations
Antilles, Lesser -- Historical geography
Subject Lesser Antilles
West Indies -- British West Indies
Kleine Antillen
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2003019679
ISBN 0807864080
9780807864081
9780807828540
0807828548
9780807855232
0807855235