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A history of Barbados : from Amerindian settlement to nation- state / Hilary McD. Beckles.
| Author/creator | Beckles, Hilary, 1955- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990. |
| Description | xvi, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | First barbadians, c.650-c.1540 -- English colonisation, 1625-1644 -- Sugar and slavery, 1644-1692 -- Slave society and economy, 1688-1807 -- Abolition, rebellion and emancipation, 1807-1838 -- Crisis of the free order, 1838-1897 -- Depression, reform and revolt, 1897-1937 -- From colony to state, 1937-1966 -- Some post-independence trends. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-219) and index. |
| LCCN | 89000542 |
| ISBN | 0521358795 (pbk.) |