A History of Barbados: From Amerindian Settlement to Nation-State
by Hilary McD. Beckles
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This book is the first general history of Barbados written by a professional historian. Using a vigorous and unbiased approach to the collective experience of all the island's inhabitants, the author traces the events and ideas that shaped contemporary society. He examines the influences of the Amerindians, European colonisation, the sugar industry, the African slave trade, emancipation, the civil rights movement, independence and nationalism. Dr Beckles has blended an impressive quantity of show more primary research and published literature to produce an exciting and provocative history of this island state. show lessTags
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Hilary McD. Beckles is Professor of History and Principal of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.
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- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
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- 972.981 — History & geography History of North America Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Bermuda West Indies (Antilles) and Bermuda; Caribbean Windward Islands and other southern islands Barbados
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- F2041 .B435 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America Latin America. Spanish America Lesser Antilles Individual islands
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