This classic and controversial volume provides extensive coverage of slave resistance and revolt in Jamaica. This new reissue is now available worldwide. Hart's coverage of the slave rebellions and revolts in Jamaica documents that slavery did not eradicate the intellectual and creative powers of slaves; in fact, a great deal survived and was created by the slaves themselves. Hart avoids polemics and his most important point is that the Jamaican rebels forced the British government to reset the agenda for emancipation and the slaves gained their freedom sooner than anticipated. The work is an...

Richard Hart's concise and accessible history of the peoples of the English-speaking West Indies spans five centuries, from the early days of settlement, through colonisation to the achievement of political independence. Covering all the larger territories Hart focuses on the key events, significant political and social movements and prominent figures in the region's history. He looks at the slave trade and its overwhelming social and economic legacy during the last two centuries, and at the growth and structure of colonial resistance. Hart also considers the impact of colonial legislation...

An American military plane crashes on a remote mountainside and it falls to a small group of Air Force crash investigators to find out why it came down and what has become of the mysterious, lethal cargo it was transporting. However nothing is quite as it first appeared and the situation rapidly gets out of control. The fall-out from the crash proves to have a longer reach than the civilians, politicians and generals involved can possibly imagine. Major Peter Dalton and his group must use all of their experience, grit and intelligence to figure out what has happened and how to curtail the...