The white minority in the Caribbean / edited by Howard Johnson and Karl Watson.

Other author Johnson, Howard, 1945-
Other author Watson, Karl S., 1944-
Format Book
Publication InfoKingston : Ian Randle Publishers ; Oxford : J. Currey Publishers ; Princeton : M. Wiener Publishers, 1998.
Descriptionxvi, 180 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
White people--West Indies. --History.
White people--Belize. --History.
White people--Guyana. --History.
White people--West Indies. --Ethnic identity.
Social classes--West Indies. --History.
White people--Race identity. --West Indies.
West Indies--History.
West Indies--Race relations.

Contents White women and a West India fortune : gender and wealth during slavery / Hilary McD. Beckles -- Salmagundis vs Pumpkins : white politics and creole consciousness in Barbadian slave society, 1800-1834 / Karl Watson -- The white elite of Trinidad, 1838-1950 / Bridget Brereton -- Bay Street, black power, and the Conchy Joes : race and class in the colony and commonwealth of the Bahamas, 1850-2000 / Michael Craton -- The culture of the colonial elites in nineteenth century Guyana / Brian L. Moore -- The white minority in Jamaica at the end of the nineteenth century / Patrick Bryan -- In the name of the people : populist ideology and expatriate power in Belize / Karen Judd -- Ethnicity and social change in Curaçao / R.A. Römer -- French republicanism under challenge : white minority (Béké) power in Martinique and Guadeloupe / Fred Constant.
Local noteLittle-319924--305131022443S
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 179).
LCCN 97026833
ISBN1558761616 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9768123672 (Jamaica: cloth)
ISBN9768123109 (Jamaica: paper)
ISBN0852557469 (U.K.: paper)
ISBN1558761845 (cloth)

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Joyner General Stacks F1629.W47 W5 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold