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The History of Jamaica: Or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of That Island, with Reflections on Its Situation, Settlements, Inh
ISBN: 9781108016445 / Angielski / Miękka / 654 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Edward Long's three-volume work marks a major turning point in the historiography of Jamaica, as the first attempt at a comprehensive description of the colony, its history, government, people, economy and geography. The son of a prominent Jamaican plantation owner, Long (1734 1813) spent twelve years running his father's property, an experience which permeates his vision of the island's past, present and future. Throughout his book, Long defends slavery as 'inevitably necessary' in Jamaica, suggesting the institution to be implicit in the 'possession of British freedom'. Volume 1 gives an...
Edward Long's three-volume work marks a major turning point in the historiography of Jamaica, as the first attempt at a comprehensive description of t...
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444,05 zł |
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The History of Jamaica: Or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of That Island, with Reflections on Its Situation, Settlements, Inh
ISBN: 9781108016452 / Angielski / Miękka / 638 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Edward Long's three-volume work marks a major turning point in the historiography of Jamaica, as the first attempt at a comprehensive description of the colony, its history, government, people, economy and geography. The son of a prominent Jamaican plantation owner, Long (1734 1813) spent twelve years running his father's property, an experience which permeates his vision of the island's past, present and future. Throughout his book, Long defends slavery as 'inevitably necessary' in Jamaica, suggesting the institution to be implicit in the 'possession of British freedom'. Volume 2 presents a...
Edward Long's three-volume work marks a major turning point in the historiography of Jamaica, as the first attempt at a comprehensive description of t...
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444,05 zł |
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The History of Jamaica: Or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of That Island, with Reflections on Its Situation, Settlements, Inh
ISBN: 9781108016469 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Edward Long's three-volume work marks a major turning point in the historiography of Jamaica, as the first attempt at a comprehensive description of the colony, its history, government, people, economy and geography. The son of a prominent Jamaican plantation owner, Long (1734 1813) spent twelve years running his father's property, an experience which permeates his vision of the island's past, present and future. Long defends slavery as 'inevitably necessary' in Jamaica, suggesting the institution to be implicit in the 'possession of British freedom'. Volume 3 covers the natural history of...
Edward Long's three-volume work marks a major turning point in the historiography of Jamaica, as the first attempt at a comprehensive description of t...
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288,32 zł |
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The Cult of the Will
ISBN: 9789768054821 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study deals with the complex issues of race, history and politics in Caribbean society. In its first part, "Francois Besson," it examines the fortunes of a French creole family between the mid-18th and early 20th centuries, and describes their experiences against the backdrop of the social and political conflicts occasioned by the excesses of plantation slavery and the upheavals of the French revolution. It looks at Julien Fedon's revolution of 1795 in Grenada, examines the nature of the relationship between master and slave, the children of these unions, and the deadly divisions that...
This study deals with the complex issues of race, history and politics in Caribbean society. In its first part, "Francois Besson," it examines the for...
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309,86 zł |
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Colonialism and Science: Saint Domingue and the Old Regime
ISBN: 9780226514673 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How was the character of science shaped by the colonial experience? In turn, how might we make sense of how science contributed to colonialism? Saint Domingue (now Haiti) was the world s richest colony in the eighteenth century and home to an active society of science one of only three in the world, at that time. In this deeply researched and pathbreaking study of the colony, James E. McClellan III first raised his incisive questions about the relationship between science and society that historians of the colonial experience are still grappling with today. Long considered rare, the book... How was the character of science shaped by the colonial experience? In turn, how might we make sense of how science contributed to colonialism? Sai... |
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149,06 zł |
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You Are All Free: The Haitian Revolution and the Abolition of Slavery
ISBN: 9780521517225 / Angielski / Twarda / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The abolitions of slavery in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue in 1793 and in revolutionary France in 1794 were the first dramatic blows against an institution that had shaped the Atlantic world for three centuries and affected the lives of millions of people. Based on extensive archival research, You Are All Free provides the first complete account of the dramatic events that led to these epochal decrees, and also to the destruction of Cap Francais, the richest city in the French Caribbean, and to the first refugee crisis in the United States. Taking issue with earlier accounts...
The abolitions of slavery in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue in 1793 and in revolutionary France in 1794 were the first dramatic blows a...
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413,55 zł |
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You Are All Free
ISBN: 9780521731942 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The abolitions of slavery in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue in 1793 and in revolutionary France in 1794 were the first dramatic blows against an institution that had shaped the Atlantic world for three centuries and affected the lives of millions of people. Based on extensive archival research, You Are All Free provides the first complete account of the dramatic events that led to these epochal decrees, and also to the destruction of Cap Francais, the richest city in the French Caribbean, and to the first refugee crisis in the United States. Taking issue with earlier accounts...
The abolitions of slavery in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue in 1793 and in revolutionary France in 1794 were the first dramatic blows a...
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135,62 zł |
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Soldiers, Sugar and Seapower : The British Expeditions to the West Indies and the War Against Revolutionary France
ISBN: 9780198229650 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why did Britain put so much effort into fighting Revolutionary France in the Caribbean? The first full-scale study of the politics, economics, administration, and costly execution of these expeditions, this book casts new light on British military power and its connection with economic strength in the late 18th century. Professor Duffy contends that the war waged in the West Indies changed the future of the Caribbean, altered European attitudes towards blacks, and enabled Britain to sustain its war effort in Europe.
Why did Britain put so much effort into fighting Revolutionary France in the Caribbean? The first full-scale study of the politics, economics, adminis...
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880,69 zł |
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Remnants of Conquest: The Island Caribs and Their Visitors, 1877-1998
ISBN: 9780198112150 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1877 a US ornithologist stumbled across a small indigenous Caribbean population, the Caribs, still living in a remote part of the small island of Dominica. His account of his stay among the Caribs started a trickle of visitors which grew to a steady stream and is now in the full flood of mass tourism. Remnants of Conquest offers an account and analysis of these visitors' writings as they struggle to understand the way of life of a twentieth-century indigenous community, inhabitants of a postcolonial world.
In 1877 a US ornithologist stumbled across a small indigenous Caribbean population, the Caribs, still living in a remote part of the small island of D...
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904,64 zł |
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Pamphlets on West Indian Slavery
ISBN: 9781108020305 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book contains two pamphlets showing two opposed points of view on the slavery question. British philanthropist Elizabeth Heyrick (1769 1831) was a strong supporter of complete emancipation for slaves in the British West Indies, and published Immediate, Not Gradual Abolition in 1824. This work not only criticises anti-slavery campaigners of the time, whose efforts Heyrick considered too cautious and indirect; they also call for a boycott of all slave-produced goods from the West Indies - particularly sugar - and underline the collective responsibility of British citizens in the matter....
This book contains two pamphlets showing two opposed points of view on the slavery question. British philanthropist Elizabeth Heyrick (1769 1831) was ...
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190,27 zł |
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The Crisis of the Sugar Colonies: Or, an Enquiry Into the Objects and Probable Effects of the French Expedition to the West Indies
ISBN: 9781108020473 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written as four public letters, this book condemns the intention by the French to reinstate older slavery practices on its colonies in the West Indies. James Stephen (1758 1832) was a lawyer who, after moving to St Kitts with his family to earn a living, became a supporter of the abolition movement. On his return to London in 1794, Stephen became involved with the anti-slavery group, the Clapham Sect, whose members included William Wilberforce, and with whom Stephen developed a lifelong friendship. Elected as a Member of Parliament in 1808, Stephen contributed to drafting legislation for...
Written as four public letters, this book condemns the intention by the French to reinstate older slavery practices on its colonies in the West Indies...
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219,11 zł |
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The Young Colonials: A Social History of Education in Trinidad and Tobago 1834-1939
ISBN: 9789766400118 / Angielski / Miękka / 387 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Argues that in content and orientation islands' educational system during colonial period was geared more to the metropole than to the local situation. Uses career and initiatives of J.O. Cutteridge, British educational official in Trinidad, to portray the occasional absurdity of the system. Highli
Argues that in content and orientation islands' educational system during colonial period was geared more to the metropole than to the local situation...
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191,24 zł |
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Puerto Rico: The Four-Storeyed Country and Other Essays
ISBN: 9781558760721 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work dismantles the myth of a dominant Spanish and racially white national culture in Puerto Rican history. It claims that the national identity is mainly Mestizo with a significant contribution from Africa, and that Puerto Ricans must acknowledge that their culture is primarily Caribbean.
This work dismantles the myth of a dominant Spanish and racially white national culture in Puerto Rican history. It claims that the national identity ...
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121,18 zł |
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Jamaica in 1687: The Taylor Manuscript at the National Library of Jamaica
ISBN: 9789766402365 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This remarkable description of Jamaica in the late 1680s was written by a contemporary English observer, John Taylor, who spent some months on the island. The original manuscript is held by the National Library of Jamaica, and has rarely been used by scholars. It contains information about Jamaica under the Spaniards, about the English invasion of 1655 and about the formation of the subsequent society, including the treatment of slaves. There are sections on the island's settlement and architecture, including a particularly full description of Port Royal. John Taylor sets out fifty current...
This remarkable description of Jamaica in the late 1680s was written by a contemporary English observer, John Taylor, who spent some months on the isl...
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202,17 zł |
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Emancipation in the West Indies: A Six Months' Tour in Antigua, Barbados, and Jamaica, in the Year 1837
ISBN: 9781108016704 / Angielski / Miękka / 498 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A key American text on the abolition of slavery, describing in detail how emancipation had worked in the West Indies.
A key American text on the abolition of slavery, describing in detail how emancipation had worked in the West Indies.
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357,53 zł |
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The Dead Yard: A Story of Modern Jamaica
ISBN: 9781568586564 / Angielski / Miękka / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published: London: Faber and Faber, 2009.
Originally published: London: Faber and Faber, 2009.
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108,37 zł |
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Export/Import Trends and Economic Development in Trinidad, 1919-1939
ISBN: 9789768125910 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally submitted to Balliol College, Oxford University, as a thesis in 1958; published in this book for the first time.
Originally submitted to Balliol College, Oxford University, as a thesis in 1958; published in this book for the first time.
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300,52 zł |
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They Do as They Please: The Jamaican Struggle for Cultural Freedom After Morant Bay
ISBN: 9789766402457 / Angielski / Miękka / 620 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This book is a companion volume to Neither Led nor Driven, published in 2004"--P. [4] of cover.
"This book is a companion volume to Neither Led nor Driven, published in 2004"--P. [4] of cover.
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300,52 zł |
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They Do as They Please: The Jamaican Struggle for Cultural Freedom After Morant Bay
ISBN: 9789766402440 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This book is a companion volume to Neither Led nor Driven, published in 2004"--P. [4] of cover.
"This book is a companion volume to Neither Led nor Driven, published in 2004"--P. [4] of cover.
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382,48 zł |
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West Indian Business History: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
ISBN: 9789766402402 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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229,49 zł |
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