In the shadow of the plantation : Caribbean history and legacy
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書誌事項
In the shadow of the plantation : Caribbean history and legacy
Ian Randle Publishers, 2002
- : pbk.
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注記
"In honour of Professor Emeritus Woodville K. Marshall."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 464-496) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
In the Shadow of the Plantation, so titled to emphasise the historical and contemporary impact of the plantation on all aspects of Caribbean life, reflects on the Caribbean experience from slavery through to the post-independence period. Divided into 4 broad thematic areas - Historiography; Production, Culture and Resistance in the Slavery Era; Forging a New Society; and Political and Socio-cultural Issues - the articles demonstrate the impact of colonialism and the plantation system on Caribbean Life and highlight the efforts that Caribbean peoples have made to uplift themselves from the trammels of colonialism. Dedicated to, and written in celebration of Professor Woodville K. Marshall, contributors include: Bridget Brereton, Verene A. Shepherd, B.W. Higman, Winston McGowan, Heather Cateau, Jerome S. Handler, Alvin O. Thompson, Karl Watson, Noel Titus, Hilary McD. Beckles, Pedro L.V. Welch, Carl Campbell, James Rose, Swithin Wilmot, Henderson Carter, Brian L. Moore, Michele A. Johnson, Aviston Downes, Kusha Haraksingh, Rita Pemberton, Brinsley Samaroo and Kelvin Singh.
目次
Introduction I HISTORIOGRAPHY Woodville Marshall and Caribbean history by B. Brereton - 'Petticoat rebellion'?: the black women's body and voice in the struggles for freedom in colonial Jamaica by V.A. Shepherd - The making of the sugar revolution by B.W. Higman II PRODUCTION, CULTURE and RESISTANCE IN THE SLAVERY ERA The origins of slave rebellions in the middle passage by W. McGowan - The new 'negro' business: hiring in the British West Indies 1750-1810 by H. Cateau - Plantation slave settlements in Barbados, 1650s to 1834 by J.S. Handler - Enslaved children in the Berbice, with special reference to the government slaves, 1803-1831 by Alvin O. Thompson - Capital sentences against slaves in Barbados in the eighteenth century by K. Watson - Reassessing John Smith's influence on the Demerera slave revolt of 1823 by N. Titus - Crop over fetes and festivals in Caribbean slavery by H. McD. Beckles III FORGING A NEW SOCIETY Post-emancipation adjustments in the urban context: views from Bridgetown, Barbados by Pedro L.V. Welch - British aid and West Indian education 1835-45 by C. Campbell - Taxation as a tool of oppression in early post-emancipation British Guiana, 1838-48 by J. Rose - Land and creole politics in free Jamaica, the 1849 elections by S. Wilmot - The Bridgetown riot of 1872 by H. Carter IV POLITICAL and SOCIO-CULTURAL ISSUES Challenging the 'civilizing mission': cricket as a field of socio-cultural contestation in Jamaica, 1865-1920 by B. L. Moore and M. A. Johnson - The contestation for recreational space in Barbados, 1880-1910 by A. Downes - Peasants and citizenship in Trinidad and Guyana by K. Haraksingh - The roots of survival: agriculture in Trindidad and Tobago during World War II by R. Pemberton - Preparing for politics: the pre-PNM years of Eric Williams by B. Samaroo - Race class and ideology in post-colonial Trinidad, 1956-1991 by K. Singh
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