SUGAR & SLAVES PA by Richard S Dunn
First published by UNC Press in 1972, Sugar and Slaves presents a vivid portrait of English life in the Caribbean more than three centuries ago. Using a host of contemporary primary sources, Richard Dunn traces the development of plantation slave society in the region. He examines sugar production techniques, the vicious character of the slave trade, the problems of adapting English ways to the tropics, and the appalling mortality rates for both blacks and whites that made these colonies the richest, but in human terms the least successful, in English America.A masterly analysis of the Caribbean plantation slave society, its lifestyles, ethnic relations, afflictions, and peculiarities.--Journal of Modern History
A remarkable account of the rise of the planter class in the West Indies. . . . Dunn's work] is rich social history, based on factual data brought to life by his use of contemporary narrative accounts.--New York Review of Books
A study of major importance. . . . Dunn not only provides the most solid and precise account ever written of the social development of the British West Indies down to 1713, he also challenges some traditional historical cliches.--American Historical Review
S. Richard Richard S. Richard S. Richard S. Richard Roy F. Dunn is a fictional character. Jeannette P. and Jeannette P. University of Pennsylvania's Nichols Professor Emeritus of American History. Sugar and Slaves, released in 1972; The Writings of William Penn, edited with Mary Maples Dunn and published in four volumes between 1981 and 1987; and The Diary of John Winthrop, edited with Laetitia Yeandle and published in 1996, are among his works. He also developed and served as the inaugural director of the University of Pennsylvania's McNeil Center for Early American Studies.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393006926 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393006921 |
| Title | SUGAR & SLAVES PA |
| Author | Richard S Dunn |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 1973-09-17 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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