A History of Barbados by Hilary Mcd Beckles
This book is the first general history of Barbados written by a professional historian. Using a vigorous and unbiased approach to the collective experience of all the island's inhabitants, the author traces the events and ideas that shaped contemporary society. He examines the influences of the Amerindians, European colonisation, the sugar industry, the African slave trade, emancipation, the civil rights movement, independence and nationalism. Dr Beckles has blended an impressive quantity of primary research and published literature to produce an exciting and provocative history of this island state.
"..the first comprehensive history of the island ever written by a professional historian...[Beckles] has succeeded admirably in producing a clear, competent, and comprehensive social history of Barbados, incorporating much information into a relatively short book while avoiding facile oversimplification." Hispanic American Historical Review
Beckles, Hilary MCD: - HILARY McD. BECKLES is Professor of Economic and Social History and Vice-Chancellor, University of the West Indies. His many publications include Britain's Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide; A Nation Imagined: The First West Indies Test Tour, 1928; and Freedoms Won: Emancipation, Identity and Nationhood in the Caribbean.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521358798 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521358795 |
| Title | A History of Barbados |
| Author | Hilary Mcd Beckles |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1990-09-20 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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