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Settler Jamacia in the 1750s - A Social Portrait (Hardcover)
Series: Early American Histories
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By the mid-eighteenth century, observers of the emerging overseas
British Empire thought that Jamaica—in addition to being the
largest British colony in the West Indies—was the most valuable
of the American colonies. Based on a unique set of historical lists
and maps, along with a variety of other contemporary materials,
Jack Greene’s study provides unparalleled detail about the
character of Jamaica’s settler society during the decade of the
1750s, as the first century of British settlement drew to a close.
Greene’s sources facilitate a close examination of many aspects
of the island’s development at a particularly critical point in
its history. Analysis of the data generated from this material
permits a fine-grained account of patterns of landholding, economic
activity, land use, social organization, and wealth distribution
among Jamaica’s free population during a period of sustained
demographic, economic, social, and cultural expansion. Calling
attention to local variations, the study puts special emphasis on
the complexity and vitality of Jamaica’s settler population, the
island’s economic and social diversity, the ubiquity and
adaptability of slavery, the character and size of settler
households, the range of urban professions, the value of urban
housing, and the gender and racial dimensions of wealth holding.
Greene’s detailed analyses amplify and enrich these subjects,
offering the most refined portrait to date of Jamaican society at a
crucial juncture in its formation and providing scholars a
quantitative base for analyzing Jamaica’s political economy in
the second half of the eighteenth century.
General
Imprint: |
University of Virginia Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Early American Histories |
Release date: |
August 2016 |
Authors: |
Jack P. Greene
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8139-3831-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
0-8139-3831-7 |
Barcode: |
9780813938318 |
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