The Bahamas from slavery to servitude, 1783-1933 /

"Highly important scholarly treatment of Bahamian socioeconomic history in post-emancipation period. In addition to examining last phases of slavery in both rural and urban settings, looks at export economies of salt, cotton, pineapples, and sponges, and their roles in emergence of mercantile m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Howard, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©1996.
Temas:
Slavery > Bahamas > History.
Plantation life > Bahamas > History.
Truck system > Bahamas > History.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Bahamas > History.
Vie dans les plantations > Bahamas > Histoire.
Salaires en nature > Bahamas > Histoire.
Esclaves > Affranchissement > Bahamas > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Economic history
Plantation life
Slavery
Enslaved persons > Emancipation
Truck system
Slavernij.
Arbeiders.
Bahamas > Economic conditions.
Bahamas > Conditions économiques.
Bahamas
Bahama's.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Highly important scholarly treatment of Bahamian socioeconomic history in post-emancipation period. In addition to examining last phases of slavery in both rural and urban settings, looks at export economies of salt, cotton, pineapples, and sponges, and their roles in emergence of mercantile middle class. Concludes that partly because of flawed governmental policies, workers ended up in servitude and ultimately migrated to Miami"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 218 pages) : map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-212) and index.
ISBN:0813019842
9780813019840

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